Tax Information
2007 TAX INFORMATION
COMMON STOCK ONLY - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
This letter, showing the dividends paid by your Fund on its common stock for the calendar year 2007, is sent to assist you in the preparation of your federal and state income tax returns. The dates and amounts of the Fund’s dividend payments are as follows:
| Date Paid |
Ordinary
Dividends
per Share |
Dividend
Reinvestment
Plan Cost per Share |
| February 12, 2007 |
$ .065 |
$10.4690 |
| March 12, 2007 |
.065 |
10.4975 |
| April 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.7825 |
| May 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.7534 |
| June 11, 2007 |
.065 |
10.2220 |
| July 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.5355 |
| August 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.1080 |
| September 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.1365 |
| October 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.2946 |
| November 13, 2007 |
.065 |
10.0890 |
| December 10, 2007 |
.065 |
10.6860 |
| January 10, 2008 |
.065 |
10.2669 |
The January 10, 2008 dividend is treated for tax purposes as having been paid during 2007 and consequently is included on your 2007 Form 1099-DIV.
The Fund is qualified as a “regulated investment company” as defined in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. If the dividends you received from the Fund are subject to Federal and/or state income tax, those dividends should be reported as ordinary dividends whether received in cash or reinvested in stock. The percentage of each dividend that is qualified dividend income is 14.42%. The percentage of each dividend that qualifies for the dividends received deduction allowed to certain corporate shareholders is 8.44%.
Of the dividends paid in 2007, no portion was derived from earnings on obligations of the U.S. Government.
If you participate in the Fund’s automatic dividend reinvestment plan, please keep this letter as a record for tax purposes of the cost of the shares you acquired through the plan.
2007 RP & APS Share Tax Information
Historical Tax Information