[PROXY] WARBURG PINCUS FUNDS [FUND NAME] NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS The undersigned hereby appoints HAL LIEBES and MICHAEL A. PIGNATARO, and each of them, as proxies of the undersigned, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes either one of them, or any one if only one be present, to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all the shares of the Warburg Pincus Fund named above held of record by the undersigned, or with respect to which the undersigned is entitled to vote or act, at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 21, 1999 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, for the purposes referred to on the reverse side. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON REVERSE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give your full title as such. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? - ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ - ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ - ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ [REVERSE SIDE] [ ] PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE - ------------------------------------------- WARBURG PINCUS FUNDS - ------------------------------------------- Nominees Withheld For All For All Exept [ ] [ ] [ ] VOTE THIS CARD TODAY! 1. To elect Directors of the Fund. BY MAIL, BY PHONE AT 1-800-848-3409 OR ON-LINE AT www.warburg.com R.H. Francis W.W. Priest J.W. Fritz S.N. Rappaport J.E. Garten A.M. Reichman J.C. Pasman A.B. Trowbridge INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, mark the "For All Except" box and strike a line through the name(s) of the nominee(s). For Against Abstain [ ] [ ] [ ] 2. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants for the Fund for the current fiscal year. Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy. Date Mark box at right if comments or address change have been noted on the reverse side of this card. [ ] - ------------------------------------------------------- Shareholder sign here Co-owner sign here RECORD DATE SHARES: