EX-99 5 hql_proxy.txt ANNUAL MEETING REPORT The Annual Meeting was held on June 25, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. The shareholders voted on the following items and the resulting votes are presented below. (1) To elect two Trustees of the Fund to hold office for a term of three years or until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert P. Mack, M.D. 8,568,583 126,887 0 Eric Oddleifson 8,574,178 121,292 0 Oleg M. Pohotsky 8,507,255 188,215 0 The nominees were elected to serve until the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Trustees serving until the 2003 Annual Meeting are Alan G. Carr and Henri A. Termeer. The Trustees serving until the 2004 Annual Meeting are Lawrence S. Lewin and Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D. (2) To approve a new investment advisory agreement between the Fund and Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC. Shareholders overwhelmingly approved the new investment advisory agreement. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 8,481,355 121,786 92,329 0 (3) To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Funds independent accountants for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002. Shareholders overwhelmingly ratified the selection of the Independent Public Accountants. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 8,592,240 49,084 54,146 0