Calamos Tax Center

The Calamos closed-end funds pay out distributions for each common share each month. You should know how much you received in distributions as your prepare your taxes since the IRS classifies distributions as reportable income.

2005 Closed-End Fund Income Distributions

Enhanced Fixed Income
	Record Date	Ex-Date	Payable Date	Income Distributions
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund (CHI)	2/14/2005	2/10/2005	2/23/2005	$0.150000
	3/14/2005	3/10/2005	3/28/2005	$0.150000
	4/15/2005	4/13/2005	4/26/2005	$0.150000
	5/13/2005	5/11/2005	5/25/2005	$0.150000
	6/15/2005	6/13/2005	6/27/2005	$0.150000
	7/15/2005	7/13/2005	7/26/2005	$0.150000
	8/15/2005	8/11/2005	8/26/2005	$0.150000
	9/15/2005	9/13/2005	9/27/2005	$0.119859
	10/14/2005	10/12/2005	10/26/2005	-
	11/16/2005	11/14/2005	11/25/2005	$0.150000
	12/15/2005	12/13/2005	12/22/2005	$0.150000
	12/30/2005	12/28/2005	1/13/2006	$0.110000
			Total	$1.579859
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (CHY)	2/14/2005	2/10/2005	2/23/2005	$0.121900
	3/14/2005	3/10/2005	3/28/2005	$0.121900
	4/15/2005	4/13/2005	4/26/2005	$0.121900
	5/13/2005	5/11/2005	5/25/2005	$0.121900
	6/15/2005	6/13/2005	6/27/2005	$0.121900
	7/15/2005	7/13/2005	7/26/2005	$0.121900
	8/15/2005	8/11/2005	8/26/2005	$0.121900
	9/15/2005	9/13/2005	9/27/2005	$0.121900
	10/14/2005	10/12/2005	10/26/2005	-
	11/16/2005	11/14/2005	11/25/2005	$0.121900
	12/15/2005	12/13/2005	12/22/2005	$0.121900
	12/30/2005	12/28/2005	1/13/2006	-
			Total	$1.219000
Defensive Equity
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ)	2/14/2005	2/10/2005	2/23/2005	$0.075000
	3/14/2005	3/10/2005	3/28/2005	$0.075000
	4/15/2005	4/13/2005	4/26/2005	$0.087500
	5/13/2005	5/11/2005	5/25/2005	$0.087500
	6/15/2005	6/13/2005	6/27/2005	$0.087500
	7/15/2005	7/13/2005	7/26/2005	$0.067807
	8/15/2005	8/11/2005	8/26/2005	-
	9/15/2005	9/13/2005	9/27/2005	-
	10/14/2005	10/12/2005	10/26/2005	-
	11/16/2005	11/14/2005	11/25/2005	$0.087500
	12/15/2005	12/13/2005	12/22/2005	$0.087500
	12/30/2005	12/28/2005	1/13/2006	$0.025500
			Total	$0.6808070
Global Defensive Equity
Calamos Global Total Return Fund (CGO)	12/30/2005	12/28/2005	1/13/2006	$0.100000
			Total	$0.100000

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