EX-99 2 seriesproxyvotingresults2001.txt VOTING RESULTS FOR THE STANDISH FUNDS Monday, July 30, 2001 Fund # of Shares # of Shares % of Shares % of Shares Outstanding Voting Outstanding Voting Controlled Maturity Fund 2,227,681.257 1,534,316.040 Affirmative 1,534,316.040 68.875 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Fixed Income Fund 112,039,024.383 74,594,896.247 Affirmative 74,527,781.727 66.519 99.910 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 67,114.520 0.060 0.090 Global Fixed Income Fund 19,865,778.530 14,330,390.040 Affirmative 14,323,912.040 72.103% 99.955 Against 484.000 0.003 0.003 Abstain 5,994.000 0.030 0.042 High Grade Bond Fund 2,842,278.660 2,652,451.836 High G Affirmative 2,652.451.836 93.321 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 International Equity Fund 2,094,436.293 1,565,710.925 Affirmative 1,548,615.356 73.939 98.908 Against l.000 0.001 0.000 Abstain 17,094.569 0.816 1.092 International Small Cap Fund 2,541,964.602 1,892,570.859 Affirmative 1,881,938.335 74.035 99.438 Against 1,086.532 0.043 0.058 Abstain 9,545.992 0.375 0.504 Intermediate Tax Exempt Bond 3,993,565.005 2,293,500.721 Fund Affirmative 2,290,660.334 57.359 99.876 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 2,840.387 0.071 0.124 International Fixed Income 24,296,667.783 17,272,174.706 Fund Affirmative 17,229,414.114 70.913 99.752 Against 33,290.791 0.137 0.193 Abstain 9,469.801 0.039 0.055 International Fixed Income 2,418,080.347 2,396,536.589 Fund II Affirmative 2,395,994.589 99.087 99.977 Against 542.000 0.022 0.023 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Mass Intermediate Tax Exempt 2,996,333.423 2,171,767.595 Bond Fund Affirmative 2,171,213.756 72.462 99.974 Against 553.839 0.019 0.026 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Opportunistic Emerging 699,176.766 612,851.910 Markets Debt Fund Affirmative 612,851.910 87.653 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Opportunistic High Yield Fund 10,101,425.150 8,741.985.979 Affirmative 8,741,985.979 86.542 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Select Value Fund 2,188,285.066 1,502,720.797 Affirmative 1,502,179.084 68.646 99.964 Against 541.713 0.025 0.036 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Select Value Asset Fund 3,007,383.575 2,971,861.816 Affirmative 2,971,861.816 98.819 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Short-Term Asset Reserve Fund 8,914,304.222 7,535,846.484 Affirmative 7,535,728.177 84.535 99.998 Against 118.307 0.002 0.002 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Small Cap Growth Fund 1,293,617.891 675,770.912 Affirmative 652,878.518 50.469 96.612 Against 16,182.172 1.251 2.395 Abstain 6,710.222 0.519 0.993 Small Cap Value Fund 1,963,071.037 1,270,621.238 Affirmative 1,250,368.490 63.695 98.406 Against 916.165 0.046 0.072 Abstain 19,336.583 0.985 1.522 Small Cap Tax-Sensitive 2,925,389.911 2,227,788.636 Equity Fund Affirmative 2,215,964.230 75.749 99.469 Against 4,020.194 0.138 0.181 Abstain 7,804.212 0.267 0.350 Small Capitalization Equity 1,855,622.911 1,705,154.026 Fund Affirmative 1,705,154.026 91.891 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000 Tax Sensitive Equity Fund 769,180.134 616,275.479 Affirmative 614,778.568 79.926 99.757 Against 383.911 0.050 0.062 Abstain 1,113.000 0.145 0.181 World High Yield Fund 2,828,882.183 2,649,565.889 Affirmative 2,649,565.889 93.661 100.000 Against 0.000 0.000 0.000 Abstain 0.000 0.000 0.000