EX-99.17J 3 dex9917j.txt FORM OF PROXY CARDS Stock Index Fund of North American Funds 286 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 P R O X Y This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of North American Funds The undersigned hereby appoints John I. Fitzgerald, Thomas Brown, Nori L. Gabert, Alice T. Kane and Todd Spillane as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this card, all of the shares of the Stock Index Fund (the "Fund") of North American Funds held of record by the undersigned on September 17, 2001, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal executive offices of North American Funds, 786 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 on November 7, 2001 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and at any adjournment thereof. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER HEREIN DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2 AND 3. By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote each proposal as marked, or if not marked, to vote "FOR" each proposal, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once in the enclosed envelope. Alternatively, you may vote your shares by calling a specially designated telephone number (toll free 1-888-850-2811) or via the Internet at http://proxy. ____________ .com. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) -65- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING: --- 1(a). To approve or disapprove a new investment advisory FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] agreement between American General Asset Management Corp. ("AGAM") and North American Funds on behalf of the Fund, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous investment advisory agreement with AGAM. 1(b). To approve or disapprove a new subadvisory agreement FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] between AGAM and American General Investment Management L.P. ("AGIM") or an affiliate thereof, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous subadvisory agreement between AGAM and AGIM. 2. To approve or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between North American Funds on behalf of the Fund FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] and SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc. on behalf of the SunAmerica Stock Index Fund. 3. In their discretion, the named proxies may vote to transact such other business as properly may come before the meeting or FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] any adjournment thereof. RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE ACCOMPANYING PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. When PROXY STATEMENT IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED. shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. PLEASE MARK BOXES /X/ OR [X] IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. SIGN, DATE AND When signing as attorney or as executor, RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. administrator, trustee or guardian, or as a custodian for a minor, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized persons. Dated:_________________________________ X______________________________________ Signature X______________________________________ Signature, if held jointly
-66- Science & Technology Fund of North American Funds 286 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 P R O X Y This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of North American Funds The undersigned hereby appoints John I. Fitzgerald, Thomas Brown, Nori L. Gabert, Alice T. Kane and Todd Spillane as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this card, all of the shares of the Science & Technology Fund (the "Fund") of North American Funds held of record by the undersigned on September 17, 2001, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal executive offices of North American Funds, 786 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 on November 7, 2001 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and at any adjournment thereof. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER HEREIN DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3. By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote each proposal as marked, or if not marked, to vote "FOR" each proposal, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once in the enclosed envelope. Alternatively, you may vote your shares by calling a specially designated telephone number (toll free 1-888-850-2811) or via the Internet at http://proxy. ____________ .com. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) -67- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING: --- 1. To approve or disapprove a new investment advisory agreement FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] between American General Asset Management Corp. ("AGAM") and North American Funds on behalf of each of the Fund, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previously existing investment advisory agreement with AGAM. 2. To approve or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] Reorganization between North American Funds on behalf of the Fund and SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc. on behalf of the SunAmerica Science & Technology Fund. 3. In their discretion, the named proxies may vote to transact FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] such other business as properly may come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED. PLEASE MARK BOXES /X/ OR [X] IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. SIGN, DATE AND PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. When RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, or as a custodian for a minor, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized persons. Dated:_________________________________ X______________________________________ Signature X______________________________________ Signature, if held jointly
-68- Aggressive Growth LifeStyle Fund of North American Funds 286 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 P R O X Y This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of North American Funds The undersigned hereby appoints John I. Fitzgerald, Thomas Brown, Nori L. Gabert, Alice T. Kane and Todd Spillane as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this card, all of the shares of the Aggressive Growth LifeStyle Fund (the "Fund") of North American Funds held of record by the undersigned on September 17, 2001, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal executive offices of North American Funds, 786 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 on November 7, 2001 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and at any adjournment thereof. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER HEREIN DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2 AND 3. By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote each proposal as marked, or if not marked, to vote "FOR" each proposal, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once in the enclosed envelope. Alternatively, you may vote your shares by calling a specially designated telephone number (toll free 1-888-850-2811) or via the Internet at http://proxy. ____________ .com. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) -69- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING: --- 1(a). To approve or disapprove a new investment advisory FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] agreement between American General Asset Management Corp. ("AGAM") and North American Funds on behalf of the Fund, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous investment advisory agreement with AGAM. 1(b). To approve or disapprove a new subadvisory agreement FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] between AGAM and American General Investment Management L.P. ("AGIM") or an affiliate thereof, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous subadvisory agreement between AGAM and AGIM. 2. To approve or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] Reorganization between North American Funds on behalf of the Fund and SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc. on behalf of the SunAmerica Aggressive Growth LifeStage Fund. 3. In their discretion, the named proxies may vote to transact FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] such other business as properly may come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE ACCOMPANYING PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. When PROXY STATEMENT IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED. shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, PLEASE MARK BOXES /X/ OR [X] IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. SIGN, DATE AND administrator, trustee or guardian, or as a RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. custodian for a minor, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized persons. Dated:___________________________________________ X________________________________________________ Signature X________________________________________________ Signature, if held jointly
-70- Moderate Growth LifeStyle Fund of North American Funds 286 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 P R O X Y This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of North American Funds The undersigned hereby appoints John I. Fitzgerald, Thomas Brown, Nori L. Gabert, Alice T. Kane and Todd Spillane as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this card, all of the shares of the Moderate Growth LifeStyle Fund (the "Fund") of North American Funds held of record by the undersigned on September 17, 2001, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal executive offices of North American Funds, 786 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 on November 7, 2001 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and at any adjournment thereof. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER HEREIN DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2 AND 3. By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote each proposal as marked, or if not marked, to vote "FOR" each proposal, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once in the enclosed envelope. Alternatively, you may vote your shares by calling a specially designated telephone number (toll free 1-888-850-2811) or via the Internet at http://proxy. ____________ .com. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) -71- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING: --- 1(a). To approve or disapprove a new investment advisory FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] agreement between American General Asset Management Corp. ("AGAM") and North American Funds on behalf of the Fund, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous investment advisory agreement with AGAM. 1(b). To approve or disapprove a new subadvisory agreement FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] between AGAM and American General Investment Management L.P. ("AGIM") or an affiliate thereof, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous subadvisory agreement between AGAM and AGIM. 2. To approve or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] Reorganization between North American Funds on behalf of the Fund and SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc. on behalf of the SunAmerica Moderate Growth LifeStage Fund. 3. In their discretion, the named proxies may vote to transact FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] such other business as properly may come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AND PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. When THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT IS HEREBY shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. ACKNOWLEDGED. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, or as a PLEASE MARK BOXES /X/ OR [X] IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. custodian for a minor, please give full title as SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY such. If a corporation, please sign in full USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized persons. Dated:_____________________________ X_________________________________ Signature X_________________________________ Signature, if held jointly
-72- Conservative Growth LifeStyle Fund of North American Funds 286 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 P R O X Y This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of North American Funds The undersigned hereby appoints John I. Fitzgerald, Thomas Brown, Nori L. Gabert, Alice T. Kane and Todd Spillane as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this card, all of the shares of the Conservative Growth LifeStyle Fund (the "Fund") of North American Funds held of record by the undersigned on September 17, 2001, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal executive offices of North American Funds, 786 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 on November 7, 2001 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and at any adjournment thereof. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER HEREIN DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2 AND 3. By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote each proposal as marked, or if not marked, to vote "FOR" each proposal, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once in the enclosed envelope. Alternatively, you may vote your shares by calling a specially designated telephone number (toll free 1-888-850-2811) or via the Internet at http://proxy. ____________ .com. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) -73- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING: --- 1. To approve or disapprove a new investment advisory agreement FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] between American General Asset Management Corp. ("AGAM") and North American Funds on behalf of the Fund, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previously existing investment advisory agreement with AGAM. 1(b). To approve or disapprove a new subadvisory agreement FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] between AGAM and American General Investment Management L.P. ("AGIM") or an affiliate thereof, the terms of which are the same in all material respects as the previous subadvisory agreement between AGAM and AGIM. 2. To approve or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] Reorganization between North American Funds on behalf of the Fund and SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc. on behalf of the the SunAmerica Conservative Growth LifeStage Fund. 3. In their discretion, the named proxies may vote to transact FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN [_] such other business as properly may come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED. PLEASE MARK BOXES /X/ OR [X] IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. SIGN, DATE AND PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS HEREON. When RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, or as a custodian for a minor, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized persons. Dated:______________________________________ X___________________________________________ Signature X___________________________________________ Signature, if held jointly
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