EXHIBIT 99.17
[FORM OF]
TO VOTE BY TELEPHONE
1) Read the Proxy Statement and have the proxy card below at hand.
2) Call toll-free 1-888-221-0697
3) Follow the simple instructions.
TO VOTE BY INTERNET
1) Read the Proxy Statement and have the proxy card below at hand.
2) Log on to www.proxyweb.com
3) Follow the simple instructions.
TO VOTE BY MAIL
1) Read the Proxy Statement.
2) Check the appropriate boxes on the proxy card on the reverse side.
3) Sign and date the proxy card.
4) Return the proxy card in the envelope provided.
KOPP FUNDS, INC.
Kopp Emerging Growth Fund
Proxy for Special Meeting of Shareholders - January 12, 2007
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS THAT THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER OF KOPP
EMERGING GROWTH FUND (THE "FUND"), A SERIES OF KOPP FUNDS, INC. (THE
"CORPORATION"), HEREBY APPOINTS EACH OF LeROY C. KOPP, AND JOHN P. FLAKNE,
COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AS HIS OR HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT AND PROXY, WITH THE
POWER OF SUBSTITUTION OF EACH, TO VOTE AND ACT WITH RESPECT TO ALL SHARES OF THE
FUND, WHICH THE UNDERSIGNED IS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS (THE "MEETING") TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 12, 2007, AT THE PRINCIPAL
EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE CORPORATION AT 7701 FRANCE AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 500,
EDINA, MINNESOTA, AT 10:00 A.M., CENTRAL TIME, AND AT ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
The attorneys named will vote the shares represented by this proxy in accordance
with the choices made on this ballot. If no choice is indicated as to the item,
this proxy will be voted affirmatively on the matter. Discretionary authority is
hereby conferred as to all other matters as may properly come before the Meeting
or any adjournment thereof.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR"
THE PROPOSALS.
PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN AND RETURN
THIS CARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
------------------------------------
DATED
------------------------------------
SIGNATURE
Please sign this proxy exactly
as your name appears on the books
of the Corporation. Joint owners
should each sign personally.
Trustees and other fiduciaries
should indicate the capacity in which
they sign, and where more than
one name appears, a majority must
sign. If a corporation, this
signature should be that of an
authorized officer who should state
his or her title.
Please fill in box(es) as shown using
black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. [ X ]
PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS.
After careful consideration, the Board of Directors of the Corporation
unanimously approved each of the proposals listed below and recommended that
shareholders vote "for" each proposal.
1. To approve a proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for
(i) the transfer of the Fund's assets to the American Century New
Opportunities II Fund ("AC New Opportunities II Fund"), a series of
American Century Mutual Funds, Inc., solely in exchange for newly issued
shares of capital stock of AC New Opportunities II Fund, and (ii) the
subsequent distribution by the Fund of such shares to its shareholders in
liquidation of the Fund. A vote in favor of this proposal will constitute a
vote in favor of the termination of the Fund as a series of Kopp Funds,
Inc.
FOR [ ]
AGAINST [ ]
ABSTAIN [ ]
2. To approve a new subadvisory agreement between American Century Investment
Management, Inc. and Kopp Investment Advisors, LLC to take effect upon
shareholder approval of the subadvisory agreement and subject to
shareholder approval of the Reorganization proposed above.
FOR [ ]
AGAINST [ ]
ABSTAIN [ ]
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
