PRELIMINARY PROGRAM FOR THE 2002 ICI/SIA RETIREMENT SAVINGS CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT

[14374] February 5, 2002 TO: ACCOUNTING/TREASURERS COMMITTEE No. 7-02 CONFERENCE PROMOTIONS DIRECT MARKETING COMMITTEE No. 5-02 INVESTMENT ADVISER MEMBERS No. 6-02 OPERATIONS MEMBERS No. 3-02 PENSION MEMBERS No. 4-02 PENSION OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 9-02 PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 7-02 RESEARCH COMMITTEE No. 4-02 SALES FORCE MARKETING COMMITTEE No. 5-02 TAX MEMBERS No. 7-02 TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 10-02 RE: PRELIMINARY PROGRAM FOR THE 2002 ICI/SIA RETIREMENT SAVINGS CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT The Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry Association will sponsor their 2002 Retirement Savings Conference & Exhibit April 28-30, 2002, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference will feature general and concurrent sessions on legal and operational issues relating to retirement savings. Attached is the preliminary program brochure. To register for the conference, please return the registration form and the appropriate fee to the Institute’s Conference Division. Alternatively, online registration for the conference is available at http://conferences.ici.org. The registration deadline is April 15, 2002. To ensure the conference room rate of $209 single/$234 double, please make your hotel reservations by calling the Grand Hyatt Hotel at 800/233-1234 or 202/582-1234 prior to the cutoff date of March 28, 2002. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the Investment Company Institute’s conference. The Institute has arranged discount airfares through US Airways. Please call US Airways at 1-877-874-7687 and refer to Gold File Number 73172255 and the Investment Company Institute. 2 Please call our Conference Division at 202/326-5968 if you have any questions regarding registration. We look forward to seeing you in April. Kathy D. Ireland Associate Counsel Attachment