Instructions for Voting Your Proxy
THE INVESTEC ASIA NEW ECONOMY FUND is offering shareholders of record three
alternative ways of voting your proxies:
o Through the Internet (using a browser)
o By Telephone
o By Mail (traditional method)
Your Internet or telephone vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares
in the same manner as if you had returned your proxy card. We encourage you to
use these cost effective and convenient ways of voting, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
INTERNET VOTING Available only until 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 26,
2001.
o Visit our Internet voting Website at http://proxy.georgeson.com.
o Enter the COMPANY NUMBER AND CONTROL NUMBER shown below and follow the
instructions on your screen.
o You will incur only your usual Internet charges.
TELEPHONE VOTING Available only until 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 27,
2001.
o This method of voting is available for residents of the U.S. and Canada.
o Please call TOLL-FREE 1-888-899-2580, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. -
11:00 p.m. Eastern time, or Saturday 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m.
o Your vote will be confirmed and cast as you directed.
VOTING BY MAIL
o Simply mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid
envelope.
o If you are voting by telephone or the Internet, please do not mail your
proxy card.
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COMPANY NUMBER CONTROL NUMBER
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TO VOTE BY MAIL, PLEASE DETACH PROXY CARD HERE
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To vote, mark blocks
/X/ below in blue or black
ink as in this example
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IF THIS PROXY CARD IS RETURNED AND SIGNED, AND NO CHOICE IS INDICATED, THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED AFFIRMATIVELY ON THE MATTER PRESENTED. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL.
Vote on Proposal:
1. To approve the Agreement and Plan of FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Reorganization and Liquidation, as /_/ /_/ /_/
is more fully described in the
accompanying Combined Prospectus and
Proxy Statement, together with each
and every transaction contemplated
thereby.
2. In their discretion, the Proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before
the meeting.
Please sign exactly as your name appears on this
card. When account is joint tenants, all should
sign. When signing as executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give title. If a
corporation or partnership, sign entity's name and
by authorized person.
____________________________________________
Signature (Date)
____________________________________________
Signature (if jointly held) (Date)
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS
PORTION ONLY.
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INVESTEC FUNDS
ASIA NEW ECONOMY FUND
P SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS SCHEDULED TO BE
HELD ON December 27, 2001
R
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Investec
O Funds, on behalf of the Investec Asia New Economy Fund (the "Fund"),
for use at the special meeting of shareholders ("Special Meeting") to
X be held at the offices of the Fund, 1055 Washington Blvd., 3rd Floor,
Stamford, Connecticut on December 27, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Y The undersigned hereby appoints Royce N. Brennan and Ken Silverman and
each of them, with full power of substitution, as proxies of the
undersigned to vote at the above stated Special Meeting, and at all
adjournments thereof, all shares of beneficial interest of the Fund
that are held of record by the undersigned on the record date for the
Special Meeting, upon the proposal indicated below:
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