EX-99.BALLOT 5 ballot.txt DRAFT [Logo Graphic Omitted] This Proxy Is Solicited On Behalf Of The Board Of Directors Of The Sentinel New York Tax-Free Income Fund and Sentinel Tax-Free Income Fund, Each A Series Of Sentinel Group Funds, Inc. And The Board Of Trustees Of The Sentinel Pennsylvania Tax-Free Trust By Signing And Dating The Lower Portion Of This Card, You Authorize The Proxies To Vote Each Applicable Proposal As Marked, Or If Not Marked, To Vote "For" Each Applicable Proposal And To Use Their Discretion To Vote Any Other Matter As May Properly Come Before The Special Meeting Of Stockholders Scheduled To Be Held On October 3, 2006 ("Meeting") Or Any Adjournment Or Postponement Of The Meeting. If You Do Not Intend To Personally Attend The Meeting, Please Authorize A Proxy By Telephone Or By Completing, Detaching And Mailing The Lower Portion Of This Card In The Enclosed Envelope. This Proxy When Properly Executed Will Be Voted In The Manner Directed Herein By The Undersigned Stockholder. If No Direction Is Made, This Proxy Will Be Voted "For" Proposals 1(a), (b) And (c), As Applicable. The Undersigned Hereby Appoints Kerry A. Jung And D. Russell Morgan As Proxies, Acting By A Majority Of Those Present, Each With The Full Power To Appoint A Substitute, And Hereby Authorizes Them To Represent And To Vote, As Designated Below, All The Shares Of The Applicable Fund Held Of Record By The Undersigned On July 7, 2006, As Indicated Above, At The Meeting Or Any Adjournment Or Postponement Of The Meeting. SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC. SENTINEL PENNYSLVANIA TAX-FREE TRUST Proposal For Against Abstain PROPOSAL 1(a): To approve the reorganization of the Sentinel New York Fund in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the transactions it contemplates, as described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. PROPOSAL 1(b): To approve the reorganization of the Sentinel Pennsylvania Fund in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the transactions it contemplates, as described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. PROPOSAL 1(c): To approve the reorganization of the Sentinel Tax Free Fund in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the transactions it contemplates, as described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner you directed with respect to the Fund that you own. If no direction is given with respect to a proposal, this proxy will be voted FOR such proposal. NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear on this card. Joint owners should each sign individually. Corporate proxies should be signed in full corporate name by an authorized officer. Fiduciaries should give full titles. Signature Signature of joint owner, if any Date