EX-99.77O RULE 10F-3 7 regency.txt RULE 10f-3 REPORT FORM Record Of Securities Purchased Under The Trust's Rule 10f-3 Procedures 1. Name of Portfolio: Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund 2. Name of Issuer: Principal Financial Group, Inc. 3. Date of Purchase: October 22, 2001 4. Underwriter from whom purchased: Goldman, Sachs & Co. 5. "Affiliated Underwriter" managing or participating in underwriting syndicate: Neuberger Berman, LLC 6. Is a list of the underwriting syndicate's members attached? Yes X No _____ 7. Aggregate principal amount of purchase by all investment companies advised by the Adviser or Subadviser: 744,800 8. Aggregate principal amount of offering: 100,000,000 9. Purchase price (net of fees and expenses): $18.50 10. Date offering commenced: October 22, 2001 11. Offering price at close of first day on which any sales were made: $18.50 12. Commission, spread or profit: 4.35 % $0.805/ share 13. Have the following conditions been satisfied? Yes No a. The securities are: part of an issue registered under the Securities Act of 1933 which is being offered to the public; Eligible Municipal Securities; sold in an Eligible Foreign Offering; or sold in an Eligible Rule 144A offering? (See Appendix B to the Rule 10f-3 Procedures for definitions of the capitalized terms herein.) X ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ b. (1) The securities were purchased prior to the end of the first day on which any sales were made, at a price that is not more than the price paid by each other purchaser of securities in that offering or in any concurrent offering of the securities (except, in the case of an Eligible Foreign Offering, for any rights to purchase that are required by law to be granted to existing security holders of the issuer); OR Yes No X ____ (2) If the securities to be purchased were offered for subscription upon exercise of rights, such securities were purchased on or before the fourth day preceding the day on which the rights offering terminates? ____ ____ c. The underwriting was a firm commitment underwriting? X ____ d. The commission, spread or profit was reasonable and fair in relation to that being received by others for underwriting similar securities during the same period (see Attachment for comparison of spread with comparable recent offerings)? X ____ e. The issuer of the securities, except for Eligible Municipal Securities, and its predecessors have been in continuous operation for not less than three years? X ____ f. (1) The amount of the securities, other than those sold in an Eligible Rule 144A Offering (see below), purchased by all of the investment companies advised by the Adviser did not exceed 25% of the principal amount of the offering; OR (2) If the securities purchased were sold in an Eligible Rule 144A Offering, the amount of such securities purchased by all of the investment companies advised by the Adviser or Subadviser did not exceed 25% of the total of: (i) The principal amount of the offering of such class sold by underwriters or members of the selling syndicate to qualified institutional buyers, as defined in Rule 144A(a)(1), plus (ii) The principal amount of the offering of such class in any concurrent public offering? X ____ ____ ____ g. (1) No affiliated underwriter of the Trust was a direct or indirect participant in or beneficiary of the sale; OR (2) With respect to the purchase of Eligible Municipal Securities, such purchase was not designated as a group sale or otherwise allocated to the account of an affiliated underwriter? X ____ ____ ____ h. Information has or will be timely supplied to the appropriate officer of the Trust for inclusion on SEC Form N-SAR and quarterly reports to the Trustees? Yes No X ____ Approved: Date: October 30, 2001 RULE 10f-3 ? REPORT FORM Additional information for paragraph (b) -- commission or spread -- comparable recent offering: COMPARISON #1 COMPARISON #2 COMPARISON #3 Security Principal Community Health Exult Inc. Financial Grp., Inc. Systems Inc. Date Offered 10/22/2001 10/9/2001 7/31/2001 Price $18.50 $26.80 $13.34 Spread ($) $0.81 $1.20 $0.68 Spread (%) 4.35% 4.48% 5.10% Security Type Comm Comm Comm Rating/Quality N/A N/A N/A Size of Issue 100,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 Total Capitalization $6,671,100,000 $2,638,898,555 $1,339,563,100 Note: Minimum of two comparisons must be completed for each purchase.