EXHIBIT 17 FORM OF PROXY YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! VOTE TODAY BY MAIL, TOUCH-TONE PHONE OR THE INTERNET CALL TOLL FREE 1-888-221-0697 OR LOG ON TO WWW.PROXYWEB.COM/XXXXX *** CONTROL NUMBER: xxx xxx xxx xxx xx *** Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing. SCUDDER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND PROXY SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS - JULY 13, 2000 The undersigned hereby appoints John Millette, Kathryn L. Quirk and John R. Hebble, and each of them, the proxies of the undersigned, with the power of substitution to each of them, to vote all shares of the above-referenced fund (the "Fund") which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110, on July 13, 2000, at 3:00 p.m., Eastern time, and at any adjournments thereof. PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED. Dated ____________________________,2000 Please sign exactly as your name or names appear. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give your full title as such. [Name] [Address] _______________________________________ Signature(s) of Shareholder(s) YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! VOTE TODAY BY MAIL, TOUCH-TONE PHONE OR THE INTERNET CALL TOLL FREE 1-888-221-0697 OR LOG ON TO WWW.PROXYWEB.COM/xxxxx Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing. All properly executed proxies will be voted as directed. If no instructions are indicated on a properly executed proxy, the proxy will be voted FOR approval of the proposals. THE PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE --- PROPOSALS. Please vote by filling in the boxes below. FOR all WITHHOLD nominees authority to listed vote for all (except as nominees listed noted in space provided) PROPOSAL 1 To elect Directors to hold office until their respective successors have been _____ _____ duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. NOMINEES: (01) Henry P. Becton, Jr. (02) Linda C. Coughlin (03) Dawn-Marie Driscoll (04) Edgar R. Fiedler (05) Keith R. Fox (06) Joan Edelman Spero (07) Jean Gleason Stromberg (08) Jean C. Tempel (09) Steven Zaleznick INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, write the name(s) on the line immediately below. - ---------------------------------------- PROPOSAL 2 FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization for the Fund whereby all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Fund will be ___ ___ ___ reclassified into shares of the Class S Shares class of the Corporation's Scudder International Fund series. PROPOSAL 3 To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Fund's independent accountants for the current fiscal year. The proxies are authorized ___ ___ ___ to vote in their discretion on any other business which may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments thereof. PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE