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FINAL Proxy Results - ML Intermediate Gov't Bond

Meeting Date: 11/21/2000

Record date: October 6, 2000

As of 11/21/00

Units Voted

Percentage of Total Outstanding Units

Percentage of Units Voted

Shares Needed

Outstanding

Votes Needed

Votes Received

Fund

To Pass

Shares

67%

For

Against

Abstain

For

Against

Abstain

over 67%

For

Against

Abstain

1. To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganizationn between the Intermediate Gov't Bond and ML Short Term U.S. Government fund

-2,526,580

8,101,573

5,428,054

7,954,634

47,626

40,896

98.19%

0.59%

0.50%

-31.19%

98.90%

0.59%

0.51%

Last Updated on 06/21/2001
By MLMAG