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CIGNA HIGH INCOME SHARES
Worcester, Massachusetts
March 6, 1999
To Shareholders:
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of CIGNA High Income Shares will be held at
The Colony Club, 6th Floor, Baystate West, 1500 Main Street, Springfield,
Massachusetts 01115 on Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
Formal notice of the meeting appears on the next page and is followed by the
proxy statement.
We hope you will find it convenient to attend the meeting, but we urge you in
any event to complete and return the enclosed proxy card in the envelope
provided. It is very important that your proxy card be received as soon as
possible so that the necessary quorum will be represented at the meeting. If you
do attend, you may vote in person if you so desire.
The Annual Report of CIGNA High Income Shares for the year ended December 31,
1998 has previously been mailed to you.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard H. Forde
Richard H. Forde
Chairman
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO INDICATE THEIR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENCLOSED
PROXY CARD, DATE AND SIGN IT, AND RETURN IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE. YOUR
PROMPT ATTENTION IS APPRECIATED.
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CIGNA HIGH INCOME SHARES
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Shareholders of CIGNA High Income Shares:
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of CIGNA High Income Shares (the
"Fund") will be held at The Colony Club, 6th Floor, Baystate West, 1500 Main
Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01115 on Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 1:00
p.m., Eastern Time, for the following purposes:
(1) To elect five Trustees to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders or until the election and qualification of their
successors.
(2) To ratify the appointment by the Board of Trustees of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants of the Fund
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999.
(3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
Holders of record of the shares of the Fund at the close of business on
March 4, 1999 are entitled to vote at the meeting.
/s/ Jeffrey S. Winer
Jeffrey S. Winer
Secretary
Worcester, Massachusetts
March 6, 1999
PROXY STATEMENT
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
CIGNA HIGH INCOME SHARES
This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies by the Trustees of CIGNA High Income Shares (the "Fund") for use at the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at The Colony Club, 6th
Floor, Baystate West, 1500 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01115 on
Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any postponement or
adjournment thereof.
Any person executing a proxy may revoke it at any time prior to its use by
executing a new proxy or by registering with the Secretary of the Fund at the
meeting and requesting a revocation. Executed proxies received by the Fund will
be voted in accordance with the directions specified in the proxy. A majority of
the outstanding shares of the Fund must be present at the meeting in person or
by proxy to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
For purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business
at the meeting and determining whether sufficient votes have been cast FOR the
proposals, abstentions (that is, votes that are marked "withheld") and broker
"non-votes" (that is, proxies from brokers or nominees indicating that such
persons have not received instructions from the beneficial owner or other
persons entitled to vote the shares on a particular matter with respect to which
the brokers or nominees do not have discretionary power) will be treated as
shares which are present and entitled to vote, but which have not voted on such
matter. For this reason, abstentions and broker non-votes will assist the Fund
in obtaining a quorum; however, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no
effect on the outcome of the vote.
The Board of Trustees recommends a vote FOR the election of Trustees and FOR
the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants. If no
specification is made, the proxy will be voted FOR the election of Trustees as
listed, FOR the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
and at the discretion of the proxy holders, on any other matters which may
properly come before the meeting or at any postponement or adjournment thereof.
The Board of Trustees does not know of any actions to be considered at the
meeting other than those referred to above.
Costs of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Fund. In addition to
solicitation of proxies by use of the mails, some of the officers of the Fund
and persons affiliated with CIGNA Corporation ("CIGNA") and its affiliated
companies may, without remuneration, solicit proxies in person or by telephone.
At the close of business on March 4, 1999, the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, there were
50,945,020 outstanding shares. Each share is entitled to one vote. This proxy
statement and the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and form
of proxy are being mailed on or about March 10, 1999 to shareholders of record
on the record date.
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The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at (and its mailing
address is) 100 Front Street, Suite 300, Worcester, Massachusetts 01601.
THE FUND WILL FURNISH TO A SHAREHOLDER UPON REQUEST, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF
THE ANNUAL REPORT. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE BY WRITING TO THE FUND C/O CIGNA
INVESTMENTS, INC., 900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, S-215, HARTFORD, CT 06152-2210,
ATTN: ALFRED A. BINGHAM III, OR BY CALLING 1-800-426-5523.
PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
At the meeting, five Trustees are to be elected by the shareholders of the
Fund. The Board of Trustees has nominated and recommends the election of Messrs.
Hugh R. Beath, Richard H. Forde, Russell H. Jones, Thomas C. Jones and Paul J.
McDonald. Each of the nominees is currently serving on the Board of Trustees.
Shareholders are asked to elect Messrs. Beath, Forde, R. Jones, T. Jones and
McDonald as Trustees of the Fund, each to hold office until the next Annual
Meeting of Shareholders or until the election and qualification of his
successor.
Each of the Trustees of the Fund also serves as a Director of INA Investment
Securities, Inc. ("IIS"). CIGNA Investments, Inc. ("CII"), an indirect, wholly
owned subsidiary of CIGNA, serves as investment adviser to both the Fund and
IIS. IIS will hold an annual meeting on May 18, 1999, at which shareholders
will be asked to elect Messrs. Beath, Forde, R. Jones, T. Jones and McDonald as
Directors.
All shares represented by valid proxies will be voted in the election of
Trustees for the nominees unless authority to vote for a particular nominee is
withheld. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the
nominees named in the proxy statement. If any nominee should be unable to serve,
an event not now anticipated, proxies will be voted for such other person as
shall be designated by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, or the Board of
Trustees may reduce the number of Trustees, as authorized by the Declaration of
Trust. All of the nominees have agreed to serve if elected.
Mr. Beath was first elected to the Board in 1987. Messrs. R. Jones and
McDonald were first elected in 1995. Mr. T. Jones was first elected to the
Board in 1998. Mr. Forde was appointed to the Board in 1998. Messrs. Beath,
R. Jones, T. Jones and McDonald were last elected by shareholders on April 29,
1998.
The following table sets forth the number of shares of the Fund and shares of
CIGNA beneficially owned by those who served on the Board of Trustees during
1998 and by the Fund's Trustees and officers as a group. The information
provided is as of December 31, 1998. As of December 31, 1998, neither the
Trustees as a group nor the Trustees and officers as a group owned beneficially
more than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund or of CIGNA.
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Name Fund CIGNA
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R. Bruce Albro(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0
Hugh R. Beath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 0
Richard H. Forde(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 27,050
Russell H. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 0
Thomas C. Jones(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 113,779
Paul J. McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800 0
Trustees and Officers As a Group . . . . . . . . 2,989 151,734
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(1) Mr. Albro retired from CIGNA and resigned from Board in 1998.
(2) Included shares of CIGNA which may be acquired within 60 days upon the
exercise of outstanding stock options, as follows: Mr. Forde--22,320; Mr.
T. Jones--105,787.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNER REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), requires the Fund's Trustees and executive officers, and
persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Fund's equity
securities, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the
New York Stock Exchange reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership
of common stock and other equity securities of the Fund. Officers, Trustees and
greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish the
Fund with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on review of
the copies of such reports received by the Fund, or written representations from
certain persons that no such reports were required to be filed for those
persons, the Fund believes all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to
officers, Trustees and greater than 10% beneficial owners were satisfied, except
that Mr. McDonald filed a Form 5 in February 1999 reporting an acquisition of
securities during 1998 that should have been reported in 1998 on a Form 4.
The following section sets forth as to each nominee his age, present position,
his principal occupation or employment during the last five years, his principal
affiliations, including any directorships he presently holds in companies that
have issued publicly-held securities and any material interest in or
relationship with CII and any of its affiliated persons presently and during the
preceding five years. The Fund does not have a principal underwriter or
administrator. Each nominee currently serves as a Trustee of the Fund, CIGNA
Funds Group, CIGNA Institutional Funds Group, CIGNA Variable Products Group, and
as a Director of INA Investment Securities, Inc., except that Mr. Forde is not a
Trustee of CIGNA Variable Products Group.
NOMINEES:
HUGH R. BEATH, 67, Advisory Director, AdMedia Corporate Advisors, Inc.
(investment banking); previously Managing Director, AdMedia Corporate Advisors,
Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Beath Advisors, Inc.
RICHARD H. FORDE*, 45, Senior Managing Director, CII and CIGNA Investment
Advisory Company, Inc.; President, Senior Managing Director and Director, CIGNA
International Investment Advisors, Ltd.
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* Nominee is an "interested person" of the Fund and CII within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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RUSSELL H. JONES, 54, Vice President and Treasurer, Kaman Corporation
(helicopters and aircraft components, industrial distribution); Corporator,
Hartford Seminary; Trustee and Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum;
previously Vice President, Kaman Corporation; Trustee, Connecticut Policy and
Economic Counsel.
THOMAS C. JONES*, 52, President and Chief Investment Officer, CIGNA Investment
Management, a division of CIGNA; President and Director, CII and CIGNA
Investment Group, Inc.; Director, CIGNA International Investment Advisors, Ltd.;
President, CIGNA Investment Advisory Company, Inc.; President, Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company. Mr. Jones is also an officer or director of
various other entities which are subsidiaries or affiliates of CIGNA; previously
President, CIGNA Individual Insurance, a division of CIGNA; President, CIGNA
Reinsurance Property & Casualty; a division of CIGNA; Executive Vice President
and Director, NAC RE Corporation.
PAUL J. MCDONALD, 55, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (family restaurants and dairy products);
Chairman, Dean's Advisory Council, University of Massachusetts School of
Management; Director, Springfield YMCA; Trustee, Basketball Hall of Fame;
Regional Director - Western Massachusetts, Bank of Boston; previously Senior
Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Administrative Officer, Friendly Ice
Cream Corporation.
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* Nominee is an "interested person" of the Fund and CII within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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No officer of the Fund and no Trustee of the Fund received any remuneration
from the Fund during 1998 at the same time he was serving as a Director, officer
or employee of CII, CIGNA or any of its subsidiaries. The other current
Trustees, taken as a group, were paid or accrued Trustee fees for 1998 from the
Fund in the aggregate amount of $30,600. Under current compensation
arrangements, such Trustees will be entitled to receive from the Fund an annual
retainer of $8,600 plus a fee of $200 for each Board meeting attended and $200
for each Committee meeting attended. These Trustees will also be entitled to
receive, as compensation for their services as Trustees or Directors, an annual
retainer of $2,000, a $200 Board meeting fee, and a $200 Committee meeting fee
from each of CIGNA Funds Group, CIGNA Institutional Funds Group and CIGNA
Variable Products Group, except that the annual retainer for CIGNA Institutional
Funds Group is being waived while the net assets of its sole series of shares,
CIGNA International Stock Fund, are below $25,000,000, and the annual retainer
for CIGNA Funds Group is also being waived. In addition, these Trustees will be
entitled to receive an annual retainer of $6,600, a $200 Board meeting fee, and
a $200 Committee meeting fee from INA Investment Securities, Inc. All Trustees
are entitled to receive reimbursements for expenses incurred in connection with
each Board and Committee meeting attended. These reimbursements of expenses are
allocated among the Fund, each series of CIGNA Funds Group, CIGNA Institutional
Funds Group, CIGNA Variable Products Group, and INA Investment Securities, Inc.
so that each entity pays an amount based on its net assets as a percentage of
the aggregate net assets of such entities. The following table sets forth
compensation paid by the Fund and by the CIGNA fund complex to Trustees in 1998:
Total
Compensation
from Fund
and CIGNA
Aggregate Fund Complex
Name of Person, Compensation Paid to
Position with Fund from Fund Trustees (d)
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R. Bruce Albro, Trustee,
Chairman and President (a)................. $ 0 $ 0
Hugh R. Beath, Trustee (b)................. 10,200 25,400
Richard H. Forde, Trustee,
Chairman and President................... 0 0
Russell H. Jones, Trustee.................. 10,200 25,400
Thomas C. Jones, Trustee................... 0 0
Paul J. McDonald, Trustee (c).............. 10,200 25,400
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$ 30,600 $ 76,200
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(a) Mr. Albro retired from CIGNA and resigned from the Board in 1998.
(b) All but $1,525 of Mr. Beath's 1998 compensation was deferred under a plan
for all CIGNA funds in which he had an aggregate balance of $213,647 as of
December 31, 1998.
(c) All but $1,525 of Mr. McDonald's 1998 compensation was deferred under a
plan for all CIGNA funds in which he had an aggregate balance of $135,937
as of December 31, 1998.
(d) There were four (4) investment companies other than the Fund in the CIGNA
fund complex.
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The Board of Trustees held five Board meetings during 1998. Each Trustee
attended more than 75% of the aggregate meetings of the Board and Committees on
which such Trustee served during the year. The Board of Trustees has three
standing committees as follows:
AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee reviews the accounting controls and procedures and the
quality of accounting services rendered to the Fund by independent accountants,
and inquires into the work of management and of the independent accountants and
the working relationships between them. It has direct access to the independent
accountants, and to financial officers and such other officers as the Committee
deems desirable. The Committee also has the authority to approve the scope of
the annual audit and reports the results of its work to the Board of Trustees on
an appropriate schedule. The Committee held one meeting in 1998. The current
members of the Committee are Messrs. Beath, R. Jones and McDonald (Chairman),
none of whom are interested persons of the Fund.
CONTRACTS COMMITTEE
The Contracts Committee reviews the performance of the investment adviser for
the Fund, and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees concerning the
renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement. In performing its function, the
Committee obtains from CII such information as it deems necessary to evaluate
the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement and any changes or amendments
thereto or replacements thereof. The Committee held two meetings in 1998. The
current members of the Committee are Messrs. Beath, R. Jones (Chairman) and
McDonald, none of whom are interested persons of the Fund.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Nominating Committee manages the development and maintenance of the
Board's membership, organization and compensation and it identifies and
recommends to the Board individuals to be nominated for election as Trustees. No
policy or procedure has been established as to the recommendation of Trustee
nominees by shareholders. The Committee held two meetings in 1998. The current
members of the Committee are Messrs. Beath (Chairman), R. Jones and McDonald,
none of whom are interested persons of the Fund.
REQUIRED VOTE
Each nominee for Trustee receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of the
votes cast for election of Trustees shall be elected.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" EACH OF THE
NOMINEES.
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PROPOSAL 2
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has been selected by the Board of
Trustees of the Fund as independent accountants for the Fund for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 1999. Shareholders are asked to ratify the selection of
independent accountants at the meeting.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
performed both audit and non-audit services for the Fund. Audit services
consisted of examinations of the Fund's financial statements and review and
consultation in connection with filings with the SEC. Non-audit services
included reviewing tax returns of the Fund and providing tax planning advice.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP also serves as independent accountants for INA
Investment Securities, Inc. and for each of the series of shares of CIGNA Funds
Group, CIGNA Institutional Funds Group and CIGNA Variable Products Group and
performs services for all such entities similar to the services performed for
the Fund. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP also serves as independent accountants for
CIGNA.
Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to attend the
meeting and will be provided an opportunity to make a statement and to respond
to appropriate questions from shareholders.
REQUIRED VOTE
The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants of the
Fund will be ratified upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast
by the shareholders of the Fund
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" PROPOSAL 2.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
Information concerning the names, positions held with the Fund, principal
occupation or employment during the last five years, and current affiliations of
the executive officers of the Fund, other than for Mr. Forde, Chairman of the
Board and President of the Fund, is set out below. Information concerning Mr.
Forde is set out in Proposal 1 under the caption "Nominees". The executive
officers are elected annually by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 1998,
executive officers of the Fund owned beneficially less than 1% of the shares of
the Fund and of CIGNA.
ALFRED A. BINGHAM III, 54, Vice President and Treasurer, CIGNA Funds
Group, CIGNA Institutional Funds Group, CIGNA Variable Products Group, CIGNA
High Income Shares and INA Investment Securities, Inc.; Assistant Vice
President, CII.
ALAN C. PETERSEN, 48, Managing Director, CII; Vice President, CIGNA
High Income Shares.
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JEFFREY S. WINER, 41, Senior Counsel, CIGNA; Vice President and
Secretary, CIGNA Funds Group, CIGNA Institutional Funds Group, CIGNA Variable
Products Group, CIGNA High Income Shares and INA Investment Securities, Inc.;
Vice President, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company; previously Counsel,
CIGNA.
OTHER BUSINESS
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 1999
Shareholders may propose matters for inclusion in the proxy statement and
action at next year's annual meeting, subject to certain conditions. Any such
shareholder proposals intended to be presented at the 2000 annual meeting must
be received by management of the Fund prior to November 3, 1999.
The management of the Fund does not know of any other matters to be brought
before the meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the
meeting, proxies not limited to the contrary will be voted in accordance with
the best judgment of the person or persons acting thereunder.
/s/ Jeffrey S. Winer
Jeffrey S. Winer
Secretary
Worcester, Massachusetts
March 6, 1999
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CIGNA HIGH INCOME SHARES
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder hereby appoints Richard H. Forde and Jeffrey S.
Winer and either one of them, proxies of the undersigned, with the power of
substitution, to vote the shares of the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of CIGNA High Income Shares (the "Fund"), on Tuesday, April 27,
1999 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at The Colony Club, 6th Floor, Baystate West,
1500 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, and at any adjournment thereof, in
the manner directed herein with respect to the matters described in the notice
and accompanying proxy statement for said meeting. The Trustees recommend that
you vote "FOR" each of the proposals. As to any other matter, or if any nominee
for the office of Trustee is not available for election, said proxies shall vote
in accordance with their best judgment.
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HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
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AS IN THIS EXAMPLE
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CIGNA HIGH INCOME SHARES
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THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE PROXY
WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSALS SHOWN ON THIS PROXY CARD.
1) Election of Trustees. For For All
All With- Nominees
Nominees hold Except
Messrs. _ _ _
Beath, Forde, R. Jones, T. Jones and [_] [_] [_]
McDonald
If you do not wish your shares voted "For" a particular nominee, mark the
"For All Except" box and strike a line through the name(s) of the nominee(s).
Your shares will be voted for the remaining nominee(s).
2) Ratification of the selection of For Against Abstain
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent _ _ _
accountants for the Fund for fiscal [_] [_] [_]
year 1999.
3) In their discretion upon such other matters as may properly come before the
meeting.
Mark box at right if an address change or comment has been noted on _
the reverse side of this card. [_]
RECORD DATE SHARES:
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