EX-99.77M MERGERS 4 exhibitm.txt LEGAL LETTER For period ending December 31, 2001 Exhibit 77M File number 811-6637 At a Special Meeting of Shareholders convened on November 8, 2001, the shareholders of the PaineWebber High Income Fund approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Brinson Managed Investments Trust, on behalf of PaineWebber High Income Fund, and The Brinson Funds, on behalf of High Yield Fund. The transaction was consummated on November 23, 2001. Further information regarding the circumstances and details of the transaction is incorporated herein in response to this sub-item by reference to the definitive Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus of the PaineWebber High Income Fund (a series of PaineWebber Managed Investments Trust) and the High Yield Fund (a series of The Brinson Funds) dated October 8, 2001, filed with the SEC on August 29, 2001 (Accession Number 0000912057- 01-530765; SEC File No. 333-68628.) Brinson Managed Investments Trust has not ceased to be an investment company because it still has one operating series.