Stockholder Meeting Results:

The Fund held its annual meeting of stockholders on October 29, 2008 which was
adjourned to November 5, 2008 and reconvened on November 19, 2008. The
following matters as presented below were voted upon by the Funds
stockholders.

Proposal One:
								Withheld
						Affirmative	Authority

Election of Kesop Yun Class II			18,237,639	640,493
Director to serve until 2011

Messrs. Ronaldo A. da Frota Nogueira, Julian Reid, Christopher Russell and
Richard A. Silver continue to serve as Directors of the Fund.

Proposal Two:

To approve (a) the issuance of Fund shares at a price below net asset value in
connection with a distribution of long-term and short-term capital gains
payable in Fund shares (valued at the lower of market price or net asset value,
but in no event at less than 95% of market price) or, at the election of the
stockholder, in cash, (b) the issuance of Fund shares representing 20% or more
of the Funds pre-issuance outstanding voting power, and (c) the issuance of
Fund shares to a substantial security holder of the Fund.

Proposal two which required the affirmative vote of the majority of outstanding
shares (24,384,856 as of record date, September 4, 2008) of the Fund, did not
have sufficient votes to be approved.
								   Broker
			Affirmative 	Against       Abstain	   Non-votes
			10,978,199 	1,872,486     135,287 	   5,892,160