VOTE BY TOUCH-TONE PHONE, THE INTERNET, OR BY MAIL -------------------------------------------------- Call Toll-Free: 1-888-221-0697 Or By Accessing WWW.PROXYWEB.COM Invest With Confidence SEE THE ENCLOSED INSERT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON VOTING BY PHONE OR INTERNET T. Rowe Price ***CONTROL NUMBER: 999 999 999 999 99*** Ram Logo Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUND NAME ("fund") MEETING TIME: 3:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By my signature below, I appoint James S. Riepe and M. David Testa as proxies to vote all Fund shares that I am entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 23, 2001, at 3:00 p.m., ET in the offices of the funds at 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland, and at any adjournments of the meeting. Messrs. Riepe or Testa may vote my shares, and they may appoint substitutes to vote my shares on their behalf. I instruct Messrs. Riepe and Testa to vote this proxy as specified on the reverse side, and I revoke any previous proxies that I have executed. I acknowledge receipt of the fund's Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and proxy statement. PLEASE SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING BY PHONE OR INTERNET. Date_____________________ NOTE: Please sign exactly as name appears on this proxy. Joint owners should each sign personally. Directors 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. --------------------------------------- CONTINUED ON REVERSE SIDE Signature(s) (and Title(s), if applicable) 040, 041, 042 Please refer to the Proxy Statement discussion of these proposals. THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSALS IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY OTHERWISE. Your appointed --- attorneys will vote any other matters that arise at the meeting in accordance with their best judgement. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH OF --- THE FOLLOWING: Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please vote by checking the appropriate box(es) below. FOR ALL WITHHOLD NOMINEES AUTHORITY FOR ALL EXCEPT 1. To elect the directors listed below. / / GROWTH STOCK AND NEW ERA FUNDS (01) James A.C. Kennedy (02) James S. Riepe (03) M. David Testa (04) Calvin W. Burnett, PhD. (05) Anthony W. Deering (06) Donald W. Dick, Jr. (07) Dick K. Fagin (08) F. Pierce Linaweaver (09) Hanne M. Merriman (10) John G. Schrieber (11) Hubert D. Vos (12) Paul M. Wythes NEW HORIZONS FUND (01) John H. Laporte (02) James S. Riepe (03) M. David Testa (04) Calvin W. Burnett, PhD. (05) Anthony W. Deering (06) Donald W. Dick, Jr. (07) Dick K. Fagin (08) F. Pierce Linaweaver (09) Hanne M. Merriman (10) John G. Schrieber (11) Hubert D. Vos (12) Paul M. Wythes INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THE NOMINEE'S NAME ON THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW. ----------------------------------------------------------- FOR A 2. ALL FUNDS / / To approve or disapprove amending the Articles of Incorporation to authorize creating different series and classes of shares, to add other related provisions and to conform the provisions describing series and classes to those standard for other T. Rowe Price funds. 3. NEW HORIZONS FUND / / To amend the Articles of Incorporation regarding ownership of portfolio securities by officers and directors of the fund and T. Rowe Price. PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE 040, 041, 042