HELP THE UTILITIES INCOME FUND AVOID ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITATION EXPENSES.
PLEASE VOTE AND RETURN YOUR PROXY TODAY.

No matter how may shares you own, your vote  matters.  Please return your signed
proxy card to us right away.  If the October 31 meeting  needs to be  postponed,
the Fund will incur additional expenses.

If you have recently  returned your proxy,  we thank you, and apologize for this
second request.

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