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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-02363
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Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
305 Madison Avenue, Suite 740 New York, New York 10165
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Frank J. Maresca
Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC 305 Madison Avenue, Suite 740 New York, NY 10165
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 652-6155
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Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2009
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Date of reporting period: July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009
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Form N-PX is to be used by a registered management investment company,
other than a small business investment company registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss.
239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not
later than August 31 of each year, containing the registrant's proxy voting
record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, pursuant to
section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rule 30b1-4 thereunder (17
CFR 270.30b1-4). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-PX in
its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form
N-PX, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not
required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-PX
unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the
information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the
burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of
information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.
ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORD.
Disclose the following information for each matter relating to a portfolio
security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by
the report and with respect to which the registrant was entitled to vote:
(a) The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;
(b) The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security;
(c) The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures
("CUSIP") number for the portfolio security;
(d) The shareholder meeting date;
(e) A brief identification of the matter voted on;
(f) Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security
holder;
(g) Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter;
(h) How the registrant cast its vote (e.g., for or against proposal, or
abstain; for or withhold regarding election of directors); and
(i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management.
SIGNATURES
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[See General Instruction F]
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.
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By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Ralph W. Bradshaw
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Ralph W. Bradshaw, President and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date July 31, 2009
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* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.
EXHIBIT A
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******************************* FORM N-PX REPORT *******************************
ICA File Number: 811-02363
Reporting Period: 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.
===================== CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC. ======================
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Ticker: ABT Security ID: 002824100
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director R.J. Alpern For For Management
1.2 Elect Director R.S. Austin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director W.M. Daley For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W.J. Farrell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director H.L. Fuller For For Management
1.6 Elect Director W.A. Osborn For For Management
1.7 Elect Director D.A.L. Owen For For Management
1.8 Elect Director W.A. Reynolds For For Management
1.9 Elect Director R.S. Roberts For For Management
1.10 Elect Director S.C. Scott, III For For Management
1.11 Elect Director W.D. Smithburg For For Management
1.12 Elect Director G.F. Tilton For For Management
1.13 Elect Director M.D. White For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Approve Nonqualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Report on Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
6 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
7 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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ADAMS EXPRESS CO., THE
Ticker: ADX Security ID: 006212104
Meeting Date: MAR 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Enrique R. Arzac For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Phyllis O. Bonanno For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Kenneth J. Dale For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Daniel E. Emerson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Frederic A. Escherich For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Roger W. Gale For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas H. Lenagh For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Kathleen T. McGahran For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Douglas G. Ober For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Craig R. Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AETNA INC.
Ticker: AET Security ID: 00817Y108
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Frank M. Clark For For Management
2 Elect Director Betsy Z. Cohen For For Management
3 Elect Director Molly J. Coye, M.D. For For Management
4 Elect Director Roger N. Farah For For Management
5 Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin For For Management
6 Elect Director Jeffrey E. Garten For For Management
7 Elect Director Earl G. Graves For For Management
8 Elect Director Gerald Greenwald For For Management
9 Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock For For Management
10 Elect Director Richard J. Harrington For For Management
11 Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig For For Management
12 Elect Director Joseph P. Newhouse For For Management
13 Elect Director Ronald A. Williams For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
16 Adopt a Policy to Elect a Retired Against Against Shareholder
Management Employee
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AFLAC INCORPORATED
Ticker: AFL Security ID: 001055102
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Daniel P. Amos For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John Shelby Amos, II For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Paul S. Amos, II For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Yoshiro Aoki For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Michael H. Armacost For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Kriss Cloninger, III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Joe Frank Harris For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Elizabeth J. Hudson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Kenneth S. Janke, Sr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Douglas W. Johnson For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Robert B. Johnson For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Charles B. Knapp For For Management
1.13 Elect Director E. Stephen Purdom For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Barbara K. Rimer For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Marvin R. Schuster For For Management
1.16 Elect Director David Gary Thompson For For Management
1.17 Elect Director Robert L. Wright For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Ticker: A Security ID: 00846U101
Meeting Date: MAR 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William P. Sullivan For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Herbold For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Koh Boon Hwee For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC.
Ticker: APD Security ID: 009158106
Meeting Date: JAN 22, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 30, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mario L. Baeza For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Edward E. Hagenlocker For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John E. McGlade For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Ticker: AW Security ID: 019589308
Meeting Date: NOV 14, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: OCT 6, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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ALPINE GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND
Ticker: AWP Security ID: 02083A103
Meeting Date: MAR 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Laurence B. Ashkin For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Samuel A. Lieber For For Management
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ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
Ticker: MO Security ID: 02209S103
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Elizabeth E. Bailey For For Management
2 Elect Director Gerald L. Baliles For For Management
3 Elect Director Dinyar S. Devitre For For Management
4 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell For For Management
5 Elect Director Robert E. R. Huntley For For Management
6 Elect Director Thomas W. Jones For For Management
7 Elect Director George Munoz For For Management
8 Elect Director Nabil Y. Sakkab For For Management
9 Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Reduce Tobacco Harm to Health Against Against Shareholder
12 Report on Marketing Practices on the Against Against Shareholder
Poor
13 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
14 Adopt Human Rights Protocols for Against For Shareholder
Company and Suppliers
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
16 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
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AMAZON.COM, INC.
Ticker: AMZN Security ID: 023135106
Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Jeffrey P. Bezos For For Management
2 Elect Director Tom A. Alberg For For Management
3 Elect Director John Seely Brown For For Management
4 Elect Director L. John Doerr For For Management
5 Elect Director William B. Gordon For For Management
6 Elect Director Alain Monie For For Management
7 Elect Director Thomas O. Ryder For For Management
8 Elect Director Patricia Q. Stonesifer For For Management
9 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
Ticker: AEP Security ID: 025537101
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director E. R. Brooks For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Donald M. Carlton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas E. Hoaglin For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lester A. Hudson, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Michael G. Morris For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Lionel L. Nowell III For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard L. Sandor For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Kathryn D. Sullivan For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker For For Management
1.12 Elect Director John F. Turner For For Management
2 Eliminate Cumulative Voting and Adopt For For Management
Majority Voting for Uncontested
Election of Directors
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AMGEN, INC.
Ticker: AMGN Security ID: 031162100
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director David Baltimore For For Management
2 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr. For For Management
3 Elect Director Francois de Carbonnel For For Management
4 Elect Director Jerry D. Choate For For Management
5 Elect Director Vance D. Coffman For For Management
6 Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck For For Management
7 Elect Director Frank C. Herringer For For Management
8 Elect Director Gilbert S. Omenn For For Management
9 Elect Director Judith C. Pelham For For Management
10 Elect Director J. Paul Reason For For Management
11 Elect Director Leonard D. Schaeffer For For Management
12 Elect Director Kevin W. Sharer For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
15 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
16 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
17 Reincorporate in Another State [from Against Against Shareholder
Delaware to North Dakota ]
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AON CORP.
Ticker: AOC Security ID: 037389103
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 18, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Lester B. Knight For For Management
2 Elect Director Gregory C. Case For For Management
3 Elect Director Fulvio Conti For For Management
4 Elect Director Edgar D. Jannotta For For Management
5 Elect Director Jan Kalff For For Management
6 Elect Director J. Michael Losh For For Management
7 Elect Director R. Eden Martin For For Management
8 Elect Director Andrew J. McKenna For For Management
9 Elect Director Robert S. Morrison For For Management
10 Elect Director Richard B. Myers For For Management
11 Elect Director Richard C. Notebaert For For Management
12 Elect Director John W. Rogers, Jr. For For Management
13 Elect Director Gloria Santona For For Management
14 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
15 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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APPLE INC.
Ticker: AAPL Security ID: 037833100
Meeting Date: FEB 25, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 29, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William V. Campbell For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Millard S. Drexler For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Albert A. Gore, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Steven P. Jobs For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Andrea Jung For For Management
1.6 Elect Director A.D. Levinson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Eric E. Schmidt For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jerome B. York For For Management
2 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
3 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
4 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
Ticker: ADM Security ID: 039483102
Meeting Date: NOV 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 12, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director George W. Buckley For For Management
2 Elect Director Mollie Hale Carter For For Management
3 Elect Director Victoria F. Haynes For Against Management
4 Elect Director Antonio Maciel Neto For Against Management
5 Elect Director Patrick J. Moore For For Management
6 Elect Director M. Brian Mulroney For For Management
7 Elect Director Thomas F. O Neill For Against Management
8 Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook For Against Management
9 Elect Director Patricia A. Woertz For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Adopt ILO Based Code of Conduct Against For Shareholder
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AT&T INC
Ticker: T Security ID: 00206R102
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Randall L. Stephenson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William F. Aldinger III For Against Management
1.3 Elect Director Gilbert F. Amelio For Against Management
1.4 Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James H. Blanchard For Against Management
1.6 Elect Director August A. Busch III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jaime Chico Pardo For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James P. Kelly For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jon C. Madonna For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management
1.11 Elect Director John B. McCoy For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Mary S. Metz For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Joyce M. Roche For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Laura D Andrea Tyson For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Patricia P. Upton For Against Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
4 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
5 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
6 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
7 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
8 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
9 Exclude Pension Credits ftom Earnings Against For Shareholder
Performance Measure
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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
Ticker: ADP Security ID: 053015103
Meeting Date: NOV 11, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 12, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gregory D. Brenneman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Leslie A. Brun For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gary C. Butler For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Leon G. Cooperman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Eric C. Fast For For Management
1.6 Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John P. Jones For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Frederic V. Malek For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Sharon T. Rowlands For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gregory L. Summe For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Henry Taub For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BANK OF AMERICA CORP.
Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104
Meeting Date: DEC 5, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: OCT 10, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Issue Shares in Connection with For For Management
Acquisition
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
4 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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BANK OF AMERICA CORP.
Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William Barnet, III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr. For Against Management
1.3 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John T. Collins For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Tommy R. Franks For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Kenneth D. Lewis For Against Management
1.9 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For Against Management
1.10 Elect Director Walter E. Massey For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Patricia E. Mitchell For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Joseph W. Prueher For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Charles O. Rossotti For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management
1.16 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. For Against Management
1.17 Elect Director Robert L. Tillman For Against Management
1.18 Elect Director Jackie M. Ward For Against Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For Against Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Report on Government Service of Against Against Shareholder
Employees
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
6 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
7 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
8 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
9 Report on Predatory Lending Policies Against For Shareholder
10 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
11 TARP Related Compensation Against For Shareholder
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BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP., THE
Ticker: BK Security ID: 064058100
Meeting Date: APR 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ruth E. Bruch For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassell For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edmund F. Kelly For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert P. Kelly For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Robert Mehrabian For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Mark A. Nordenberg For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For For Management
1.12 Elect Director William C. Richardson For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Samuel C. Scott III For For Management
1.14 Elect Director John P. Surma For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Wesley W. von Schack For For Management
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
5 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Ticker: BAX Security ID: 071813109
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Walter E. Boomer For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James R. Gavin III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Peter S. Hellman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director K. J. Storm For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
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BED BATH & BEYOND INC.
Ticker: BBBY Security ID: 075896100
Meeting Date: JUL 3, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 9, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Warren Eisenberg For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Leonard Feinstein For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Dean S. Adler For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Stanley F. Barshay For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Patrick R. Gaston For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jordan Heller For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert S. Kaplan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Victoria A. Morrison For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BED BATH & BEYOND INC.
Ticker: BBBY Security ID: 075896100
Meeting Date: JUN 30, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 5, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Warren Eisenberg For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Leonard Feinstein For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Steven H. Temares For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Dean S. Adler For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Stanley F. Barshay For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Klaus Eppler For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Patrick R. Gaston For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jordan Heller For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Victoria A. Morrison For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Fran Stoller For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
4 Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement
5 Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement
6 Re-Approve Performance Goals Under For For Management
Omnibus Stock Plan
7 Prepare Sustainability Report Against For Shareholder
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BLUE CHIP VALUE FUND, INC.
Ticker: BLU Security ID: 095333100
Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Kenneth V. Penland For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Roberta M. Wilson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BOULDER TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.
Ticker: BTF Security ID: 101541100
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Classify the Board of Directors For Against Management
2.1 Elect Trustee Joel W. Looney For For Management
2.2 Elect Trustee Richard I. Barr For For Management
2.3 Elect Trustee Dr. Dean L. Jacobson For For Management
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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO.
Ticker: BMY Security ID: 110122108
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director L. Andreotti For For Management
2 Elect Director L. B. Campbell For For Management
3 Elect Director J. M. Cornelius For For Management
4 Elect Director L. J. Freeh For For Management
5 Elect Director L. H. Glimcher For For Management
6 Elect Director M. Grobstein For For Management
7 Elect Director L. Johansson For For Management
8 Elect Director A. J. Lacy For For Management
9 Elect Director V. L. Sato For For Management
10 Elect Director T. D. West, Jr. For For Management
11 Elect Director R. S. Williams For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder
Compensation
14 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against Against Shareholder
15 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
16 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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CELGENE CORP.
Ticker: CELG Security ID: 151020104
Meeting Date: JUN 17, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 21, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sol J. Barer For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Hugin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael D. Casey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Rodman L. Drake For For Management
1.5 Elect Director A. Hull Hayes, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Gilla Kaplan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James J. Loughlin For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ernest Mario For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Walter L. Robb For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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CHARLES SCHWAB CORP., THE
Ticker: SCHW Security ID: 808513105
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Nancy H. Bechtle For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Walter W. Bettinger II For For Management
1.3 Elect Director C. Preston Butcher For For Management
2 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
3 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
4 Amend Corporate Executive Bonus Plan Against For Shareholder
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CHEVRON CORPORATION
Ticker: CVX Security ID: 166764100
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director S. H. Armacost For For Management
1.2 Elect Director L. F. Deily For For Management
1.3 Elect Director R. E. Denham For For Management
1.4 Elect Director R. J. Eaton For For Management
1.5 Elect Director E. Hernandez For For Management
1.6 Elect Director F. G. Jenifer For For Management
1.7 Elect Director S. Nunn For For Management
1.8 Elect Director D. J. O'Reilly For For Management
1.9 Elect Director D. B. Rice For For Management
1.10 Elect Director K. W. Sharer For For Management
1.11 Elect Director C. R. Shoemate For For Management
1.12 Elect Director R. D. Sugar For For Management
1.13 Elect Director C. Ware For For Management
1.14 Elect Director J. S. Watson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
6 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
7 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Against Against Shareholder
Products and Operations
8 Adopt Guidelines for Country Selection Against For Shareholder
9 Adopt Human Rights Policy Against For Shareholder
10 Report on Market Specific Environmental Against Against Shareholder
Laws
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CHUBB CORP., THE
Ticker: CB Security ID: 171232101
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Zoe Baird For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Sheila P. Burke For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Joel J. Cohen For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John D. Finnegan For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Klaus J. Mangold For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Martin G. McGuinn For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Lawrence M. Small For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jess Soderberg For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Daniel E. Somers For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Karen Hastie Williams For For Management
1.12 Elect Director James M. Zimmerman For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Alfred W. Zollar For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Ticker: CSCO Security ID: 17275R102
Meeting Date: NOV 13, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 15, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz For For Management
2 Elect Director M. Michele Burns For For Management
3 Elect Director Michael D. Capellas For For Management
4 Elect Director Larry R. Carter For For Management
5 Elect Director John T. Chambers For For Management
6 Elect Director Brian L. Halla For For Management
7 Elect Director John L. Hennessy For For Management
8 Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich For For Management
9 Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary For For Management
10 Elect Director Michael K. Powell For For Management
11 Elect Director Steven M. West For For Management
12 Elect Director Jerry Yang For Against Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Amend Bylaws to Establish a Board Against Against Shareholder
Committee on Human Rights
15 Report on Internet Fragmentation Against For Shareholder
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COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE
Ticker: KO Security ID: 191216100
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Herbert A. Allen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ronald W. Allen For Against Management
1.3 Elect Director Cathleen P. Black For Against Management
1.4 Elect Director Barry Diller For Against Management
1.5 Elect Director Alexis M. Herman For Against Management
1.6 Elect Director Muhtar Kent For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Donald R. Keough For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Maria Elena Lagomsino For Against Management
1.9 Elect Director Donald F. McHenry For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Sam Nunn For For Management
1.11 Elect Director James D. Robinson III For Against Management
1.12 Elect Director Peter V. Ueberroth For Against Management
1.13 Elect Director Jacob Wallenberg For For Management
1.14 Elect Director James B. Williams For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
4 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
5 Amend Bylaws to Establish a Board Against Against Shareholder
Committee on Human Rights
6 Performance-Based Awards Against Against Shareholder
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.
Ticker: CL Security ID: 194162103
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John T. Cahill For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jill K. Conway For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ian Cook For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David W. Johnson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Delano E. Lewis For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. Pedro Reinhard For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Stephen I. Sadove For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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COMCAST CORP.
Ticker: CMCSA Security ID: 20030N101
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director S. Decker Anstrom For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Kenneth J. Bacon For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Sheldon M. Bonovitz For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edward D. Breen For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Julian A. Brodsky For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Joseph J. Collins For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director J. Michael Cook For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassell For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Honickman For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Brian L. Roberts For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Ralph J. Roberts For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Dr. Judith Rodin For Withhold Management
1.13 Elect Director Michael I. Sovern For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4 Amend Restricted Stock Plan For For Management
5 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
6 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder
Compensation
7 Seek Shareholder Approval on Certain Against For Shareholder
Future Death Benefit Arrangements
8 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
9 Adopt a Recapitalization Plan Against For Shareholder
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CONAGRA FOODS INC.
Ticker: CAG Security ID: 205887102
Meeting Date: SEP 25, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 1, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mogens C. Bay For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen G. Butler For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Steven F. Goldstone For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W.G. Jurgensen For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ruth Ann Marshall For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Gary M. Rodkin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Andrew J. Schindler For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Kenneth E. Stinson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CORNING INC.
Ticker: GLW Security ID: 219350105
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James B. Flaws For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James R. Houghton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James J. O'Connor For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Deborah D. Rieman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Peter F. Volanakis For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mark S. Wrighton For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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CSX CORP.
Ticker: CSX Security ID: 126408103
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director D. M. Alvarado For For Management
1.2 Elect Director A. Behring For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Sen. J. B. Breaux For For Management
1.4 Elect Director S. T. Halverson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director E. J. Kelly, III For For Management
1.6 Elect Director G. H. Lamphere For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J. D. McPherson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director T. T. O'Toole For For Management
1.9 Elect Director D. M. Ratcliffe For For Management
1.10 Elect Director D. J. Shepard For For Management
1.11 Elect Director M. J. Ward For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CVS CAREMARK CORP
Ticker: CVS Security ID: 126650100
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Edwin M. Banks For For Management
1.2 Elect Director C. David Brown II For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David W. Dorman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kristen E. Gibney For For Management
Williams
1.5 Elect Director Marian L. Heard For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William H. Joyce For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Million For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Terrence Murray For For Management
1.9 Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Richard J. Swift For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
4 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
5 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
6 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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DANAHER CORP.
Ticker: DHR Security ID: 235851102
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mortimer M. Caplin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Donald J. Ehrlich For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Walter G. Lohr, Jr. For Against Management
1.4 Elect Director Linda P. Hefner For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Adopt Employment Contract Against For Shareholder
5 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
6 Report on Mercury Product Policies Against For Shareholder
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DENALI FUND INC, THE
Ticker: DNY Security ID: 24823A102
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Joel W. Looney For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Dean L. Jacobson For For Management
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DEVON ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: DVN Security ID: 25179M103
Meeting Date: JUN 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert L. Howard For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael M. Kanovsky For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J. Todd Mitchell For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Larry Nichols For For Management
2 Elect Director Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John W. Harris For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Frank S. Royal For For Management
1.10 Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Establish Fossil-Fuel-Free Energy Goal Against Against Shareholder
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
6 Submit SERP to Shareholder Vote Against For Shareholder
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DUKE ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: DUK Security ID: 26441C105
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William Barnet, III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director G. Alex Bernhardt, Sr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael G. Browning For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ann Maynard Gray For For Management
1.6 Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James T. Rhodes For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James E. Rogers For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Philip R. Sharp For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Dudley S. Taft For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.
Ticker: DD Security ID: 263534109
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Samuel W. Bodman For For Management
2 Elect Director Richard H. Brown For For Management
3 Elect Director Robert A. Brown For For Management
4 Elect Director Bertrand P. Collomb For For Management
5 Elect Director Curtis J. Crawford For For Management
6 Elect Director Alexander M. Cutler For For Management
7 Elect Director John T. Dillon For For Management
8 Elect Director Eleuthere I. Du Pont For For Management
9 Elect Director Marillyn Hewson For For Management
10 Elect Director Charles O. Holliday, Jr. For For Management
11 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management
12 Elect Director Ellen J. Kullman For For Management
13 Elect Director William K. Reily For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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EBAY INC.
Ticker: EBAY Security ID: 278642103
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Marc L. Andreessen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William C. Ford, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Dawn G. Lepore For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Pierre M. Omidyar For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard T. Schlosberg, For For Management
III
2 Approve Stock Option Exchange Program For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EL PASO CORP
Ticker: EP Security ID: 28336L109
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Juan Carlos Braniff For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James L. Dunlap For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Douglas L. Foshee For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert W. Goldman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Anthony W. Hall, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas R. Hix For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Ferrell P. McClean For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Steven J. Shapiro For For Management
1.9 Elect Director J. Michael Talbert For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Robert F. Vagt For For Management
1.11 Elect Director John L. Whitmire For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EMC CORPORATION
Ticker: EMC Security ID: 268648102
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 5, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Michael W. Brown For For Management
2 Elect Director Randolph L. Cowen For For Management
3 Elect Director Michael J. Cronin For For Management
4 Elect Director Gail Deegan For For Management
5 Elect Director John R. Egan For For Management
6 Elect Director W. Paul Fitzgerald For For Management
7 Elect Director Edmund F. Kelly For For Management
8 Elect Director Windle B. Priem For For Management
9 Elect Director Paul Sagan For For Management
10 Elect Director David N. Strohm For For Management
11 Elect Director Joseph M. Tucci For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
14 Permit Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104
Meeting Date: FEB 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 25, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director A.A. Busch III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director A.F. Golden For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director H. Green For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W.R. Johnson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J.B. Menzer For For Management
1.6 Elect Director V.R. Loucks, Jr. For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EOG RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: EOG Security ID: 26875P101
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 5, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director George A. Alcorn For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles R. Crisp For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James C. Day For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mark G. Papa For For Management
1.5 Elect Director H. Leighton Steward For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Donald F. Textor For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Frank G. Wisner For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
Ticker: ESRX Security ID: 302182100
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gary G. Benanav For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Frank J. Borelli For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Maura C. Breen For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Nicholas J. LaHowchic For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas P. Mac Mahon For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Frank Mergenthaler For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Woodrow A Myers, Jr, MD For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John O. Parker, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director George Paz For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Samuel K. Skinner For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Seymour Sternberg For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Barrett A. Toan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EXXON MOBIL CORP.
Ticker: XOM Security ID: 30231G102
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director M.J. Boskin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director L.R. Faulkner For For Management
1.3 Elect Director K.C. Frazier For For Management
1.4 Elect Director .W. George For For Management
1.5 Elect Director R.C. King For For Management
1.6 Elect Director M.C. Nelson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director S.J. Palmisano For For Management
1.8 Elect Director S.S Reinemund For For Management
1.9 Elect Director R.W. Tillerson For For Management
1.10 Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
4 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
5 Reincorporate in Another State [from Against Against Shareholder
New Jersey to North Dakota]
6 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
7 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
8 Compare CEO Compensation to Average Against Against Shareholder
U.S. per Capita Income
9 Review Anti-discrimination Policy on Against Against Shareholder
Corporate Sponsorships and Executive
Perks
10 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against For Shareholder
Discrimination based on Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identity
11 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Against For Shareholder
Products and Operations
12 Report on Climate Change Impacts on Against Against Shareholder
Emerging Countries
13 Adopt Policy to Increase Renewable Against For Shareholder
Energy
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FIRSTENERGY CORP
Ticker: FE Security ID: 337932107
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul T. Addison For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Anthony J. Alexander For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Anderson For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Dr. Carol A. Cartwright For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director William T. Cottle For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert B. Heisler, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director Ernest J. Novak, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director George M. Smart For Withhold Management
1.10 Elect Director Wes M. Taylor For Withhold Management
1.11 Elect Director Jesse T. Williams, Sr. For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder
4 Amend Bylaws to Reduce the Percentage Against For Shareholder
of Shares Required to Call Special
Shareholder Meeting
5 Establish Shareholder Proponent Against For Shareholder
Engagement Process
6 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC.
Ticker: FCX Security ID: 35671D857
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 14, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard C. Adkerson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Allison, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Day For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gerald J. Ford For For Management
1.5 Elect Director H. Devon Graham, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director J. Bennett Johnston For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Charles C. Krulak For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Bobby Lee Lackey For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jon C. Madonna For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Dustan E. McCoy For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gabrielle K. McDonald For For Management
1.12 Elect Director James R. Moffett For For Management
1.13 Elect Director B.M. Rankin, Jr. For For Management
1.14 Elect Director J. Stapleton Roy For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Stephen H. Siegele For For Management
1.16 Elect Director J. Taylor Wharton For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Request Director Nominee Environmental Against For Shareholder
Qualifications
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GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST, INC., THE
Ticker: GGT Security ID: 36239Q109
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Anthony R. Pustorino For For Management
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GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO., INC.
Ticker: GAM Security ID: 368802104
Meeting Date: APR 15, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Rodney B. Berens For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lewis B. Cullman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Spencer Davidson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gerald M. Edelman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John D. Gordan, III For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Daniel M. Neidich For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director D. Ellen Shuman For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Joseph T. Stewart, Jr For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Raymond S. Troubh For For Management
2. Ratify Auditors For For Management
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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.
Ticker: GD Security ID: 369550108
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Nicholas D. Chabraja For For Management
2 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
3 Elect Director William P. Fricks For For Management
4 Elect Director Jay L. Johnson For For Management
5 Elect Director George A. Joulwan For For Management
6 Elect Director Paul G. Kaminski For For Management
7 Elect Director John M. Keane For For Management
8 Elect Director Deborah J. Lucas For For Management
9 Elect Director Lester L. Lyles For For Management
10 Elect Director J. Christopher Reyes For For Management
11 Elect Director Robert Walmsley For For Management
12 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
13 Approve Nonqualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Report on Space-based Weapons Program Against Against Shareholder
16 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: GE Security ID: 369604103
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William M. Castell For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ann M. Fudge For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Susan Hockfield For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Andrea Jung For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Alan G. (A.G.) Lafley For Against Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert W. Lane For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management
1.11 Elect Director James J. Mulva For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Sam Nunn For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Roger S. Penske For Against Management
1.14 Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Douglas A. Warner III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
5 Evaluate the Potential Conversion of Against Against Shareholder
the Corporation's Business Units into
Four or More Public Corporations and
Distribute New Shares
6 Adopt Policy to Cease the Payments of Against For Shareholder
Dividends or Equivalent Payments to
Senior Executives for Shares Not Owned
7 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Against For Shareholder
Control) to shareholder Vote
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GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
Ticker: GILD Security ID: 375558103
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul Berg For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John F. Cogan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James M. Denny For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Carla A. Hills For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John W. Madigan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John C. Martin For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Gordon E. Moore For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Richard J. Whitley For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., THE
Ticker: GS Security ID: 38141G104
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein For For Management
2 Elect Director John H. Bryan For For Management
3 Elect Director Gary D. Cohn For For Management
4 Elect Director Claes Dahlback For For Management
5 Elect Director Stephen Friedman For For Management
6 Elect Director William W. George For For Management
7 Elect Director Rajat K. Gupta For For Management
8 Elect Director James A. Johnson For For Management
9 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management
10 Elect Director Lakshmi N. Mittal For Against Management
11 Elect Director James J. Schiro For For Management
12 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
15 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
16 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
17 Amend By-Laws to Establish Board U.S. Against Against Shareholder
Economic Security Committee
18 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
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GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., THE
Ticker: GT Security ID: 382550101
Meeting Date: APR 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James C. Boland For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James A. Firestone For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Keegan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W. Alan McCollough For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Denise M. Morrison For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Rodney O?Neal For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Shirley D. Peterson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Stephanie A. Streeter For For Management
1.9 Elect Director G. Craig Sullivan For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas H. Weidemeyer For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Michael R. Wessel For For Management
2 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
3 Amend Code of Regulations For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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GOOGLE INC
Ticker: GOOG Security ID: 38259P508
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Eric Schmidt For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Sergey Brin For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Larry Page For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director L. John Doerr For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director John L. Hennessy For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director Ann Mather For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Paul S. Otellini For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director K. Ram Shriram For Withhold Management
1.10 Elect Director Shirley M. Tilghman For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Report on Political Contributions For For Shareholder
5 Adopt Policies to Protect Freedom of Against Against Shareholder
Access to the Internet
6 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
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H&Q HEALTHCARE INVESTORS
Ticker: HQH Security ID: 404052102
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Lawrence S. Lewin For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Daniel R. Omstead, Ph.D. For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D. For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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H&Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS
Ticker: HQL Security ID: 404053100
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D. For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Daniel R. Omstead, Ph.D. For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Lucinda H. Stebbins For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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H. J. HEINZ CO.
Ticker: HNZ Security ID: 423074103
Meeting Date: AUG 13, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 4, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director W.R. Johnson For For Management
2 Elect Director C.E. Bunch For For Management
3 Elect Director L.S. Coleman, Jr. For For Management
4 Elect Director J.G. Drosdick For For Management
5 Elect Director E.E. Holiday For For Management
6 Elect Director C. Kendle For For Management
7 Elect Director D.R. O'Hare For For Management
8 Elect Director N. Peltz For For Management
9 Elect Director D.H. Reilley For For Management
10 Elect Director L.C. Swann For For Management
11 Elect Director T.J. Usher For For Management
12 Elect Director M.F. Weinstein For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
to Amend Limitation of Director
Liability and Director/Officer
Indemnification
15 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
to Approve Certain Business
Combinations
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HALLIBURTON CO.
Ticker: HAL Security ID: 406216101
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Alan M. Bennett For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James R. Boyd For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Milton Carroll For For Management
1.4 Elect Director S. Malcolm Gillis For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James T. Hackett For For Management
1.6 Elect Director David J. Lesar For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert A. Malone For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. Landis Martin For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jay A. Precourt For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Debra L. Reed For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
5 Review and Asses Human Rights Policies Against For Shareholder
6 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
7 Adopt Low Carbon Energy Policy Against Against Shareholder
8 Disclose Information on Compensation Against For Shareholder
Consultant
9 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
10 Establish Independent Director Against For Shareholder
Committee to Review and Report on
Financial Misconducts and Human Rights
Abuses
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Ticker: HPQ Security ID: 428236103
Meeting Date: MAR 18, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 20, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. For For Management
2 Elect Director Sari M. Baldauf For For Management
3 Elect Director Rajiv L. Gupta For For Management
4 Elect Director John H. Hammergren For For Management
5 Elect Director Mark V. Hurd For For Management
6 Elect Director Joel Z. Hyatt For For Management
7 Elect Director John R. Joyce For For Management
8 Elect Director Robert L. Ryan For For Management
9 Elect Director Lucille S. Salhany For For Management
10 Elect Director G. Kennedy Thompson For For Management
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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HOME DEPOT, INC.
Ticker: HD Security ID: 437076102
Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director F. Duane Ackerman For For Management
2 Elect Director David H. Batchelder For For Management
3 Elect Director Francis S. Blake For For Management
4 Elect Director Ari Bousbib For For Management
5 Elect Director Gregory D. Brenneman For For Management
6 Elect Director Albert P. Carey For For Management
7 Elect Director Armando Codina For For Management
8 Elect Director Bonnie G. Hill For For Management
9 Elect Director Karen L. Katen For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Approve Right to Call Special Meetings For Against Management
12 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
13 Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder
14 Prepare Employment Diversity Report Against For Shareholder
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
16 Assess Energy Use and Establish Against For Shareholder
Reduction Targets
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HUDSON CITY BANCORP, INC.
Ticker: HCBK Security ID: 443683107
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Denis J. Salamone For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael W. Azzara For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Victoria H. Bruni For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Ticker: ITW Security ID: 452308109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William F. Aldinger For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Marvin D. Brailsford For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Don H. Davis, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert S. Morrison For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James A. Skinner For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Harold B. Smith For For Management
1.9 Elect Director David B. Speer For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Pamela B. Strobel For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit SERP to Shareholder Vote Against For Shareholder
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INTEL CORPORATION
Ticker: INTC Security ID: 458140100
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Charlene Barshefsky For For Management
2 Elect Director Susan L. Decker For For Management
3 Elect Director John J. Donahoe For For Management
4 Elect Director Reed E. Hundt For For Management
5 Elect Director Paul S. Otellini For For Management
6 Elect Director James D. Plummer For For Management
7 Elect Director David S. Pottruck For For Management
8 Elect Director Jane E. Shaw For For Management
9 Elect Director John L. Thornton For For Management
10 Elect Director Frank D. Yeary For For Management
11 Elect Director David B. Yoffie For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
14 Approve Stock Option Exchange Program For For Management
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
16 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
17 Adopt Policy on Human Rights to Water Against Against Shareholder
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
Ticker: IBM Security ID: 459200101
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director A. J. P. Belda For For Management
1.2 Elect Director C. Black For For Management
1.3 Elect Director W. R. Brody For For Management
1.4 Elect Director K. I. Chenault For For Management
1.5 Elect Director M. L. Eskew For For Management
1.6 Elect Director S. A. Jackson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director T. Nishimuro For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. W. Owens For For Management
1.9 Elect Director S. J. Palmisano For For Management
1.10 Elect Director J. E. Spero For For Management
1.11 Elect Director S. Taurel For For Management
1.12 Elect Director L. H. Zambrano For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
5 Review Executive Compensation Against For Shareholder
6 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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INTUIT INC.
Ticker: INTU Security ID: 461202103
Meeting Date: DEC 16, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: OCT 21, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Stephen M. Bennett For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Christopher W. Brody For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William V. Campbell For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Scott D. Cook For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Diane B. Greene For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Michael R. Hallman For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Edward A. Kangas For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Dennis D. Powell For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Stratton D. Sclavos For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Brad D. Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC., THE
Ticker: JEQ Security ID: 471057109
Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Yoshihiro Fujisawa For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Martin J. Gruber For For Management
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Ticker: JNJ Security ID: 478160104
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mary Sue Coleman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James G. Cullen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael M.E. Johns For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Arnold G. Langbo For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Leo F. Mullin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Wiliam D. Perez For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management
1.9 Elect Director David Satcher For For Management
1.10 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Crandall C. Bowles For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David M. Cote For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James Dimon For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management
1.7 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director David C. Novak For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management
1.11 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Disclose Prior Government Service Against Against Shareholder
5 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
6 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
7 Report on Predatory Lending Policies Against Against Shareholder
8 Amend Key Executive Performance Plan Against For Shareholder
9 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
10 Prepare Carbon Principles Report Against Against Shareholder
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JPMORGAN TRUST II
Ticker: Security ID: 4812C2684
Meeting Date: JUN 22, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: MAR 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee William J. Armstrong For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee John F. Finn For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Matthew Goldstein For For Management
1.4 Elect Trustee Robert J. Higgins For For Management
1.5 Elect Trustee Peter C. Marshall For For Management
1.6 Elect Trustee Marilyn McCoy For For Management
1.7 Elect Trustee William G. Morton, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Trustee Robert A. Oden, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Trustee Fergus Reid, III For For Management
1.10 Elect Trustee Frederick W. Ruebeck For For Management
1.11 Elect Trustee James J. Schonbachler For For Management
1.12 Elect Trustee Frankie D. Hughes For For Management
1.13 Elect Trustee Leonard M. Spalding, Jr. For For Management
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KRAFT FOODS INC
Ticker: KFT Security ID: 50075N104
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ajay Banga For Against Management
1.2 Elect Director Myra M. Hart For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mark D. Ketchum For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard A. Lerner For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John C. Pope For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Fredric G. Reynolds For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Irene B. Rosenfeld For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Deborah C. Wright For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Frank G. Zarb For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
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KROGER CO., THE
Ticker: KR Security ID: 501044101
Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson For For Management
2 Elect Director Robert D. Beyer For For Management
3 Elect Director David B. Dillon For For Management
4 Elect Director Susan J. Kropf For For Management
5 Elect Director John T. Lamacchia For For Management
6 Elect Director David B. Lewis For For Management
7 Elect Director Don W. Mcgeorge For For Management
8 Elect Director W. Rodney Mcmullen For For Management
9 Elect Director Jorge P. Montoya For For Management
10 Elect Director Clyde R. Moore For For Management
11 Elect Director Susan M. Phillips For For Management
12 Elect Director Steven R. Rogel For For Management
13 Elect Director James A. Runde For For Management
14 Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent For For Management
15 Elect Director Bobby S. Shackouls For For Management
16 Ratify Auditors For For Management
17 Increase Purchasing of Cage Free Eggs Against Against Shareholder
18 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND
Ticker: USA Security ID: 530158104
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee John A. Benning For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee Edmund J. Burke For Withhold Management
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LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC.
Ticker: ASG Security ID: 529900102
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Thomas W. Brock For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee John J. Neuhauser For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Edmund J. Burke For Withhold Management
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LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.
Ticker: LMT Security ID: 539830109
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director E. C. "Pete" Aldrige, For Against Management
Jr.
1.2 Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald For Against Management
1.3 Elect Director David B. Burritt For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gwendolyn S. King For For Management
1.6 Elect Director James M. Loy For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Douglas H. McCorkindale For Against Management
1.8 Elect Director Joseph W. Ralston For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Frank Savage For For Management
1.10 Elect Director James Schneider For Against Management
1.11 Elect Director Anne Stevens For Against Management
1.12 Elect Director Robert J. Stevens For For Management
1.13 Elect Director James R. Ukropina For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
4 Report on Space-based Weapons Program Against Against Shareholder
5 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
6 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
Ticker: LOW Security ID: 548661107
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Peter C. Browning For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Marshall O. Larsen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Stephen F. Page For For Management
1.4 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Eliminate Supermajority Vote For For Management
Requirement
5 Reincorporate in Another State from Against Against Shareholder
Delaware to North Dakota
6 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Against Shareholder
7 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
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MATTEL, INC.
Ticker: MAT Security ID: 577081102
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 20, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Dolan For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert A. Eckert For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Tully M. Friedman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Dominic Ng For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Vasant M. Prabhu For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Andrea L. Rich For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Dean A. Scarborough For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Christopher A. Sinclair For For Management
1.11 Elect Director G. Craig Sullivan For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Kathy Brittain White For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Product Safety and Working Against Against Shareholder
Conditions
4 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
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MCDONALD'S CORP.
Ticker: MCD Security ID: 580135101
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Robert A. Eckert For For Management
2 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management
3 Elect Director Jeanne P. Jackson For For Management
4 Elect Director Andrew J. McKenna For For Management
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
6 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
7 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
8 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
9 Phase out Sales of Eggs from Battery Against Against Shareholder
Cage Hens
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MCKESSON CORPORATION
Ticker: MCK Security ID: 58155Q103
Meeting Date: JUL 23, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 30, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Andy D. Bryant For For Management
2 Elect Director Wayne A. Budd For For Management
3 Elect Director John H. Hammergren For For Management
4 Elect Director Alton F. Irby III For For Management
5 Elect Director M. Christine Jacobs For For Management
6 Elect Director Marie L. Knowles For For Management
7 Elect Director David M. Lawrence For For Management
8 Elect Director Edward A. Mueller For For Management
9 Elect Director James V. Napier For For Management
10 Elect Director Jane E. Shaw For For Management
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MEDTRONIC, INC.
Ticker: MDT Security ID: 585055106
Meeting Date: AUG 21, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 23, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Victor J. Dzau For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William A. Hawkins For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Shirley A. Jackson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Denise M. O'Leary For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Rosso For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jack W. Schuler For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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MERCK & CO., INC.
Ticker: MRK Security ID: 589331107
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Leslie A. Brun For For Management
2 Elect Director Thomas R. Cech For For Management
3 Elect Director Richard T. Clark For For Management
4 Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer For For Management
5 Elect Director Steven F. Goldstone For For Management
6 Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. For For Management
7 Elect Director Harry R. Jacobson For For Management
8 Elect Director William N. Kelley For For Management
9 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management
10 Elect Director Carlos E. Represas For For Management
11 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk For For Management
12 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management
13 Elect Director Samuel O. Thier For For Management
14 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management
15 Elect Director Peter C. Wendell For For Management
16 Ratify Auditors For For Management
17 Fix Number of Directors For For Management
18 Amend Bylaws-- Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder
19 Require Independent Lead Director Against Against Shareholder
20 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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METLIFE, INC
Ticker: MET Security ID: 59156R108
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director C. Robert Henrikson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John M. Keane For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Catherine R. Kinney For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Kenton J. Sicchitano For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MICROSOFT CORP.
Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104
Meeting Date: NOV 19, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 5, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer For For Management
2 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management
3 Elect Director Dina Dublon For For Management
4 Elect Director William H. Gates, III For For Management
5 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
6 Elect Director Reed Hastings For For Management
7 Elect Director David F. Marquardt For For Management
8 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
9 Elect Director Helmut Panke For For Management
10 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
11 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Adopt Policies to Protect Freedom of Against Against Shareholder
Access to the Internet
14 Amend Bylaws to Establish a Board Against Against Shareholder
Committee on Human Rights
15 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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MONSANTO CO.
Ticker: MON Security ID: 61166W101
Meeting Date: JAN 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 17, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Janice L. Fields For For Management
2 Elect Director Hugh Grant For For Management
3 Elect Director C. Steven McMillan For For Management
4 Elect Director Robert J. Stevens For For Management
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MORGAN STANLEY
Ticker: MS Security ID: 617446448
Meeting Date: FEB 9, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: DEC 15, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Conversion of Securities For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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MORGAN STANLEY
Ticker: MS Security ID: 617446448
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Roy J. Bostock For Against Management
1.2 Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Howard J. Davies For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Nobuyuki Hirano For For Management
1.5 Elect Director C. Robert Kidder For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John J. Mack For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Hutham S. Olayan For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Charles E. Phillips, Jr. For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Griffith Sexton For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Laura D. Tyson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
5 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
6 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
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NEWS CORPORATION
Ticker: NWS Security ID: 65248E203
Meeting Date: OCT 17, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 18, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Peter Chernin For For Management
2 Elect Director Sir Roderick I. For Withhold Management
Eddington
3 Elect Director Mark Hurd For For Management
4 Elect Director Andrew S.B. Knight For Withhold Management
5 Elect Director James R. Murdoch For For Management
6 Elect Director K. Rupert Murdoch For For Management
7 Elect Director Jose Maria Aznar For For Management
8 Elect Director Natalie Bancroft For For Management
9 Elect Director Peter L. Barnes For For Management
10 Elect Director Kenneth E. Cowley For For Management
11 Elect Director David F. DeVoe For For Management
12 Elect Director Viet Dinh For Withhold Management
13 Elect Director Lachlan K. Murdoch For For Management
14 Elect Director Thomas J. Perkins For Withhold Management
15 Elect Director Arthur M. Siskind For For Management
16 Elect Director John L. Thornton For Withhold Management
17 Ratify Auditors For For Management
18 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
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NIKE, INC.
Ticker: NKE Security ID: 654106103
Meeting Date: SEP 22, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 25, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jill K. Conway For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alan B. Graf, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Jeanne P. Jackson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NISOURCE INC.
Ticker: NI Security ID: 65473P105
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Richard A. Abdoo For For Management
2 Elect Director Steven C. Beering For For Management
3 Elect Director Dennis E. Foster For For Management
4 Elect Director Michael E. Jesanis For For Management
5 Elect Director Marty R. Kittrell For For Management
6 Elect Director W. Lee Nutter For For Management
7 Elect Director Deborah S. Parker For For Management
8 Elect Director Ian M. Rolland For For Management
9 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. For For Management
10 Elect Director Richard L. Thompson For For Management
11 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.
Ticker: OXY Security ID: 674599105
Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Spencer Abraham For Against Management
1.2 Elect Director Ronald W. Burkle For Against Management
1.3 Elect Director John S. Chalsty For Against Management
1.4 Elect Director Edward P. Djerejian For Against Management
1.5 Elect Director John E. Feick For Against Management
1.6 Elect Director Ray R. Irani For Against Management
1.7 Elect Director Irvin W. Maloney For Against Management
1.8 Elect Director Avedick B. Poladian For Against Management
1.9 Elect Director Rodolfo Segovia For Against Management
1.10 Elect Director Aziz D. Syriani For Against Management
1.11 Elect Director Rosemary Tomich For Against Management
1.12 Elect Director Walter L. Weisman For Against Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
4 Report on Host Country Social and Against Against Shareholder
Environmental Laws
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OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Ticker: OMC Security ID: 681919106
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John D. Wren For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Bruce Crawford For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan R. Batkin For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert Charles Clark For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Errol M. Cook For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Susan S. Denison For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael A. Henning For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director John R. Murphy For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John R. Purcell For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Linda Johnson Rice For Withhold Management
1.12 Elect Director Gary L. Roubos For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
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ORACLE CORP.
Ticker: ORCL Security ID: 68389X105
Meeting Date: OCT 10, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 12, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald L. Lucas For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jack F. Kemp For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director Safra A. Catz For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Hector Garcia-Molina For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director H. Raymond Bingham For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Charles E. Phillips, Jr. For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Naomi O. Seligman For Withhold Management
1.12 Elect Director George H. Conrades For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Bruce R. Chizen For For Management
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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PAYCHEX, INC.
Ticker: PAYX Security ID: 704326107
Meeting Date: OCT 7, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 11, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director B. Thomas Golisano For For Management
2 Elect Director David J. S. Flaschen For For Management
3 Elect Director Phillip Horsley For For Management
4 Elect Director Grant M. Inman For For Management
5 Elect Director Pamela A. Joseph For For Management
6 Elect Director Jonathan J. Judge For For Management
7 Elect Director Joseph M. Tucci For For Management
8 Elect Director Joseph M. Velli For For Management
9 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PEABODY ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: BTU Security ID: 704549104
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gregory H. Boyce For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William E. James For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert B. Karn III For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director M. Frances Keeth For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Henry E. Lentz For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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PEPSICO, INC.
Ticker: PEP Security ID: 713448108
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director S.L. Brown For For Management
2 Elect Director I.M. Cook For For Management
3 Elect Director D. Dublon For For Management
4 Elect Director V.J. Dzau For For Management
5 Elect Director R.L. Hunt For For Management
6 Elect Director A. Ibarguen For For Management
7 Elect Director A.C. Martinez For For Management
8 Elect Director I.K. Nooyi For For Management
9 Elect Director S.P. Rockefeller For For Management
10 Elect Director J.J. Schiro For Against Management
11 Elect Director L.G. Trotter For For Management
12 Elect Director D.Vasella For For Management
13 Elect Director M.D. White For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
16 Report on Recycling Against Against Shareholder
17 Report on Genetically Engineered Against Against Shareholder
Products
18 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder
19 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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PETROLEUM & RESOURCES CORP.
Ticker: PEO Security ID: 716549100
Meeting Date: MAR 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Enrique R. Arzac For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Phyllis O. Bonanno For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Kenneth J. Dale For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Daniel E. Emerson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Frederic A. Escherich For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Roger W. Gale For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas H. Lenagh For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Kathleen T. McGahran For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Douglas G. Ober For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Craig R. Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PFIZER INC.
Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management
1.3 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management
1.5 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James M. Kilts For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jeffrey B. Kindler For For Management
1.10 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management
1.14 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Limit/Prohibit Executive Stock-Based Against Against Shareholder
Awards
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
6 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
7 Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder
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PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Ticker: PM Security ID: 718172109
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Harold Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Dudley Fishburn For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Graham Mackay For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Sergio Marchionne For Against Management
1.7 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Carlos Slim Helu For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Ticker: PG Security ID: 742718109
Meeting Date: OCT 14, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: AUG 15, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Scott D. Cook For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Rajat K. Gupta For For Management
1.4 Elect Director A.G. Lafley For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles R. Lee For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Johnathan A. Rodgers For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Ralph Snyderman For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Margaret C. Whitman For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Patricia A. Woertz For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
4 Rotate Annual Meeting Location Against Against Shareholder
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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PULTE HOMES INC.
Ticker: PHM Security ID: 745867101
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Debra J. Kelly-Ennis For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Bernard W. Reznicek For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard G. Wolford For Withhold Management
2 Amend Stock Ownership Limitations For Against Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
6 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
7 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
8 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against For Shareholder
9 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
10 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
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QUALCOMM INC
Ticker: QCOM Security ID: 747525103
Meeting Date: MAR 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Barbara T. Alexander For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen M. Bennett For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald G. Cruickshank For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Raymond V. Dittamore For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas W. Horton For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Irwin Mark Jacobs For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Paul E. Jacobs For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert E. Kahn For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Sherry Lansing For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Duane A. Nelles For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Marc I. Stern For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Brent Scowcroft For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
Ticker: RSG Security ID: 760759100
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James E. O'Connor For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John W. Croghan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James W. Crownover For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William J. Flynn For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David I. Foley For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Nolan Lehmann For For Management
1.7 Elect Director W. Lee Nutter For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ramon A. Rodriguez For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Allan C. Sorensen For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John M. Trani For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Michael W. Wickham For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
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SARA LEE CORP.
Ticker: SLE Security ID: 803111103
Meeting Date: OCT 30, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 3, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Brenda C. Barnes For For Management
2 Elect Director Christopher B. Begley For For Management
3 Elect Director Crandall C. Bowles For For Management
4 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management
5 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
6 Elect Director Laurette T. Koellner For For Management
7 Elect Director Cornelis J.A. van Lede For For Management
8 Elect Director John McAdam For For Management
9 Elect Director Ian Prosser For For Management
10 Elect Director Rozanne L. Ridgway For For Management
11 Elect Director Norman R. Sorensen For For Management
12 Elect Director Jeffrey W. Ubben For For Management
13 Elect Director Jonathan P. Ward For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Re-Approve Performance Measures For For Management
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SCHLUMBERGER LTD.
Ticker: SLB Security ID: 806857108
Meeting Date: APR 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 18, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect P. Camus as Director For For Management
1.2 Elect J.S. Gorelick as Director For For Management
1.3 Elect A. Gould as Director For For Management
1.4 Elect T. Issac as Director For For Management
1.5 Elect N. Kudryavtsev as Director For For Management
1.6 Elect A. Lajous as Director For For Management
1.7 Elect M.E. Marks as Director For For Management
1.8 Elect L.R. Reif as Director For For Management
1.9 Elect T.I. Sandvold as Director For For Management
1.10 Elect H. Seydoux as Director For For Management
1.11 Elect L.G. Stuntz as Director For For Management
2 Adopt and Approve Financials and For For Management
Dividends
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
4 Approval of Independent Registered For For Management
Public Accounting Firm
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.
Ticker: SPG Security ID: 828806109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Increase in Size of Board For For Management
2 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
4 Amend Charter to Delete Obsolete or For For Management
Unnecessary Provisions
5.1 Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein For For Management
5.2 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management
5.3 Elect Director Karen N. Horn For For Management
5.4 Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz For For Management
5.5 Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr. For For Management
5.6 Elect Director Pieter S. van den Berg For For Management
5.7 Elect Director Allan Hubbard For For Management
5.8 Elect Director Daniel C. Smith For For Management
6 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
7 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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SOUTHERN COMPANY
Ticker: SO Security ID: 842587107
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Francis S. Blake For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Jon A. Boscia For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas F. Chapman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director H. William Habermeyer, For For Management
Jr.
1.6 Elect Director Veronica M. "Ronee" For For Management
Hagen
1.7 Elect Director Warren A. Hood, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Donald M. James For For Management
1.9 Elect Director J. Neal Purcell For For Management
1.10 Elect Director David M. Ratcliffe For For Management
1.11 Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr. For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Gerald J. St. Pe For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting and Eliminate For For Management
Cumulative Voting for Uncontested
Election of Directors
4 Eliminate Cumulative Voting For For Management
5 Report on Reducing GHG Emissions Against Against Shareholder
6 Submit SERP to Shareholder Vote Against For Shareholder
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SPECTRA ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: SE Security ID: 847560109
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
2.1 Elect Director Gregory L. Ebel For For Management
2.2 Elect Director Peter B. Hamilton For For Management
2.3 Elect Director Michael E. J. Phelps For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.
Ticker: STJ Security ID: 790849103
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John W. Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Daniel J. Starks For For Management
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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STAPLES, INC.
Ticker: SPLS Security ID: 855030102
Meeting Date: JUN 9, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Basil L. Anderson For Against Management
1.2 Elect Director Arthur M. Blank For Against Management
1.3 Elect Director Mary Elizabeth Burton For Against Management
1.4 Elect Director Justin King For Against Management
1.5 Elect Director Carol Meyrowitz For Against Management
1.6 Elect Director Rowland T. Moriarty For Against Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert C. Nakasone For Against Management
1.8 Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent For Against Management
1.9 Elect Director Elizabeth A. Smith For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Robert E. Sulentic For Against Management
1.11 Elect Director Vijay Vishwanath For Against Management
1.12 Elect Director Paul F. Walsh For Against Management
2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
3 Amend Nonqualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Reincorporate in Another State [from Against For Shareholder
Delaware to North Dakota]
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STATE STREET CORP. (BOSTON)
Ticker: STT Security ID: 857477103
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director K. Burnes For For Management
1.2 Elect Director P. Coym For For Management
1.3 Elect Director P. de Saint-Aignan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director A. Fawcett For For Management
1.5 Elect Director D. Gruber For For Management
1.6 Elect Director L. Hill For For Management
1.7 Elect Director R. Kaplan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director C. LaMantia For For Management
1.9 Elect Director R. Logue For For Management
1.10 Elect Director R. Sergel For For Management
1.11 Elect Director R. Skates For For Management
1.12 Elect Director G. Summe For For Management
1.13 Elect Director R. Weissman For For Management
2 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
6 Limit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder
Services
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STRYKER CORP.
Ticker: SYK Security ID: 863667101
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John W. Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Howard E. Cox. Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald M. Engelman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Louise L. Francesconi For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Howard L. Lance For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Stephen P. MacMillan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director William U. Parfet For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ronda E. Stryker For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TATA MOTORS LTD.
Ticker: TTM Security ID: 876568502
Meeting Date: JUL 24, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 13, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 RECEIVE; CONSIDER AND ADOPT THE AUDITED For For Management
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR
ENDED MARCH 31, 2008.
2 DECLARE A DIVIDEND ON ORDINARY SHARES. For For Management
3 APPOINT A DIRECTOR IN PLACE OF MR RATAN For For Management
N TATA, WHO RETIRES BY ROTATION AND IS
ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
4 APPOINT A DIRECTOR IN PLACE OF MR R For For Management
GOPALAKRISHNAN, WHO RETIRES BY ROTATION
AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
6 APPOINTMENT OF DR R A MASHELKAR AS A For For Management
DIRECTOR.
7 COMMISSION TO NON-WHOLE-TIME DIRECTORS. For For Management
8 REVISION IN THE TERMS OF REMUNERATION For For Management
OF MR RAVI KANT, MANAGING DIRECTOR.
9 INCREASE IN THE AUTHORISED SHARE For Against Management
CAPITAL AND THE ALTERATION OF THE
CAPITAL CLAUSE IN THE MEMORANDUM OF
ASSOCIATION.
10 ALTERATION OF THE ARTICLES OF For Against Management
ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY.
11 RAISING OF ADDITIONAL LONG TERM For Against Management
RESOURCES.
12 INCREASE IN BORROWING LIMITS. For Against Management
13 CREATION OF CHARGES. For Against Management
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TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS FUND
Ticker: EMF Security ID: 880191101
Meeting Date: FEB 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 19, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Ann Torre Bates For For Management
1.2 Elect Trustee David W. Niemiec For For Management
1.3 Elect Trustee Larry D. Thompson For For Management
1.4 Elect Trustee Robert E. Wade For For Management
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC.
Ticker: TXN Security ID: 882508104
Meeting Date: APR 16, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 17, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director J. R. Adams For For Management
2 Elect Director D.L. Boren For For Management
3 Elect Director D. A. Carp For For Management
4 Elect Director C.S. Cox For For Management
5 Elect Director D.R. Goode For For Management
6 Elect Director S.P. MacMillan For For Management
7 Elect Director P.H. Patsley For For Management
8 Elect Director W.R. Sanders For For Management
9 Elect Director R.J. Simmons For For Management
10 Elect Director R.K. Templeton For For Management
11 Elect Director C.T. Whitman For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
14 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
15 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
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TIME WARNER CABLE INC.
Ticker: TWC Security ID: 88732J207
Meeting Date: JUN 3, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 8, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Carole Black For For Management
2 Elect Director Glenn A. Britt For For Management
3 Elect Director Thomas H. Castro For For Management
4 Elect Director David C. Chang For For Management
5 Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr. For For Management
6 Elect Director Peter R. Haje For For Management
7 Elect Director Donna A. James For For Management
8 Elect Director Don Logan For For Management
9 Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr. For For Management
10 Elect Director Wayne H. Pace For For Management
11 Elect Director Edward D. Shirley For For Management
12 Elect Director John E. Sununu For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TIME WARNER INC
Ticker: TWX Security ID: 887317105
Meeting Date: JAN 16, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: NOV 20, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Reverse Stock Split For For Management
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TJX COMPANIES, INC., THE
Ticker: TJX Security ID: 872540109
Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 13, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jose B. Alvarez For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alan M. Bennett For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David A. Brandon For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Bernard Cammarata For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David T. Ching For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Michael F. Hines For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Amy B. Lane For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Carol Meyrowitz For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John F. O'Brien For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Robert F. Shapiro For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Willow B. Shire For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Fletcher H. Wiley For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TRANSOCEAN INC.
Ticker: RIG Security ID: G90073100
Meeting Date: DEC 8, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: OCT 27, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 APPROVAL OF THE MERGER TRANSACTION TO For For Management
BE EFFECTED BY THE SCHEMES OF
ARRANGEMENT, ATTACHED TO THE
ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT AS ANNEX
B.
2 APPROVAL OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE For For Management
MEETING TO A LATER DATE TO SOLICIT
ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE
INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE
MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER
TRANSACTION.
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TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC., THE
Ticker: TRV Security ID: 89417E109
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 6, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Alan L. Beller For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John H. Dasburg For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Janet M. Dolan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jay S. Fishman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lawrence G. Graev For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Patricia L. Higgins For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas R. Hodgson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Cleve L. Killingsworth, For For Management
Jr.
1.10 Elect Director Robert I. Lipp For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Blythe J. McGarvie For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Laurie J. Thomsen For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
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U.S. BANCORP
Ticker: USB Security ID: 902973304
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Douglas M. Baker, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Y. Marc Belton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard K. Davis For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Joel W. Johnson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David O'Maley For For Management
1.6 Elect Director O'dell M. Owens For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Craig D. Schnuck For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Patrick T. Stokes For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
Ticker: UPS Security ID: 911312106
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director F. Duane Ackerman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director D. Scott Davis For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Stuart E. Eizenstat For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Michael L. Eskew For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William R. Johnson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Ann M. Livermore For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Rudy Markham For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John W. Thompson For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Carol B. Tome For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Ticker: UTX Security ID: 913017109
Meeting Date: APR 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 10, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Louis R. Chenevert For For Management
1.2 Elect Director George David For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John V. Faraci For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Garnier For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jamie S. Gorelick For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Carlos M. Gutierrez For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Edward A. Kangas For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Charles R. Lee For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard D. McCormick For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Harold McGraw III For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Richard B. Myers For For Management
1.12 Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Andre Villeneuve For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Christine Todd Whitman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Foreign Military Sales Against Against Shareholder
Offsets
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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
Ticker: UNH Security ID: 91324P102
Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 3, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director William C. Ballard, Jr. For For Management
2 Elect Director Richard T. Burke For For Management
3 Elect Director Robert J. Darretta For For Management
4 Elect Director Stephen J. Hemsley For For Management
5 Elect Director Michele J. Hooper For For Management
6 Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale For For Management
7 Elect Director Glenn M. Renwick For For Management
8 Elect Director Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. For For Management
9 Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D. For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
Ticker: VZ Security ID: 92343V104
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard L. Carrion For For Management
1.2 Elect Director M. Frances Keeth For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert W. Lane For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Sandra O. Moose For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Joseph Neubauer For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas H. O'Brien For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg For For Management
1.11 Elect Director John W. Snow For For Management
1.12 Elect Director John R. Stafford For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
6 Prohibit Executive Stock-Based Awards Against Against Shareholder
7 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
8 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
9 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder
10 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
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WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Ticker: WMT Security ID: 931142103
Meeting Date: JUN 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Aida M. Alvarez For For Management
2 Elect Director James W. Breyer For For Management
3 Elect Director M. Michele Burns For For Management
4 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management
5 Elect Director Roger C. Corbett For For Management
6 Elect Director Douglas N. Daft For For Management
7 Elect Director Michael T. Duke For For Management
8 Elect Director Gregory B. Penner For For Management
9 Elect Director Allen I. Questrom For For Management
10 Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr. For For Management
11 Elect Director Arne M. Sorenson For For Management
12 Elect Director Jim C. Walton For For Management
13 Elect Director S. Robson Walton For For Management
14 Elect Director Christopher J. Williams For For Management
15 Elect Director Linda S. Wolf For For Management
16 Ratify Auditors For For Management
17 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against For Shareholder
Discrimination based on Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identity
18 Pay For Superior Performance Against Against Shareholder
19 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
20 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
21 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
22 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder
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WALGREEN CO.
Ticker: WAG Security ID: 931422109
Meeting Date: JAN 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 17, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William C. Foote For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Mark P. Frissora For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan G. Mcnally For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Cordell Reed For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Nancy M. Schlichting For For Management
1.6 Elect Director David Y. Schwartz For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Alejandro Silva For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James A. Skinner For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Marilou M. Von Ferstel For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Charles R. Walgreen III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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WALT DISNEY COMPANY, THE
Ticker: DIS Security ID: 254687106
Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 9, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Susan E. Arnold For For Management
2 Elect Director John E. Bryson For For Management
3 Elect Director John S. Chen For For Management
4 Elect Director Judith L. Estrin For For Management
5 Elect Director Robert A. Iger For For Management
6 Elect Director Steven P. Jobs For For Management
7 Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer For For Management
8 Elect Director Aylwin B. Lewis For For Management
9 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For For Management
10 Elect Director Robert W. Matschullat For For Management
11 Elect Director John E. Pepper , Jr. For For Management
12 Elect Director Orin C. Smith For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
15 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
16 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
17 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
18 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
Ticker: WMI Security ID: 94106L109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Pastora San Juan For For Management
Cafferty
1.2 Elect Director Frank M. Clark, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Patrick W. Gross For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John C. Pope For For Management
1.5 Elect Director W. Robert Reum For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Steven G. Rothmeier For For Management
1.7 Elect Director David P. Steiner For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas H. Weidemeyer For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
6 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD
Ticker: WFT Security ID: G95089101
Meeting Date: FEB 17, 2009 Meeting Type: Court
Record Date: DEC 15, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Reincorporation through Scheme For For Management
of Arrangement with Subsiadiary
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
3 Transact Other Business (Non-Voting) None None Management
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WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY
Ticker: WFC Security ID: 949746101
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director John D. Baker II For For Management
2 Elect Director John S. Chen For Against Management
3 Elect Director Lloyd H. Dean For For Management
4 Elect Director Susan E. Engel For Against Management
5 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management
6 Elect Director Donald M. James For Against Management
7 Elect Director Robert L. Joss For For Management
8 Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich For For Management
9 Elect Director Richard D. McCormick For Against Management
10 Elect Director Mackey J. McDonald For Against Management
11 Elect Director Cynthia H. Milligan For Against Management
12 Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore For For Management
13 Elect Director Philip J. Quigley For Against Management
14 Elect Director Donald B. Rice For Against Management
15 Elect Director Judith M. Runstad For For Management
16 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For Against Management
17 Elect Director Robert K. Steel For For Management
18 Elect Director John G. Stumpf For For Management
19 Elect Director Susan G. Swenson For For Management
20 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
21 Ratify Auditors For For Management
22 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
23 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
24 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
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XEROX CORPORATION
Ticker: XRX Security ID: 984121103
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Glenn A. Britt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ursula M. Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard J. Harrington For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William Curt Hunter For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert A. McDonald For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For For Management
1.7 Elect Director N. J. Nicholas, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Ann N. Reese For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Mary Agnes Wilderotter For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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XILINX, INC.
Ticker: XLNX Security ID: 983919101
Meeting Date: AUG 14, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 16, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Willem P. Roelandts For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Moshe N. Gavrielov For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John L. Doyle For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Jerald G. Fishman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Philip T. Gianos For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William G. Howard, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J. Michael Patterson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Marshall C. Turner For For Management
1.9 Elect Director E.W. Vanderslice For For Management
2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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XTO ENERGY INC
Ticker: XTO Security ID: 98385X106
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
2.1 Elect Director Phillip R. Kevil For For Management
2.2 Elect Director Herbert D. Simons For Against Management
2.3 Elect Director Vaughn O. Vennerberg II For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
6 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder
will not Make or Promise to Make Any
Death Benefit Payments to Senior
Executives
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ZWEIG FUND, INC., THE
Ticker: ZF Security ID: 989834106
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Charles H. Brunie For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Trustee James B. Rogers, Jr. For Withhold Management
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ZWEIG TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC., THE
Ticker: ZTR Security ID: 989837109
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 12, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Trustee Charles H. Brunie For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Trustee James B. Rogers, Jr. For Withhold Management
2 Approve Conversion from Closed-End to Against Against Management
Open-End Fund
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