Nuveen Tax Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (JTA)
Filed: 22 Aug 22, 7:04am
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21471
Nuveen Tax-Advantage Total Return Strategy Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
David J. Lamb – Chief Administrative Officer
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 312-917-7700
Date of fiscal year-end: December 31
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2022
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
FORM N-PX
ICA File Number: 811-21471
Registrant Name: Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund
Reporting Period: 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022
Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund
| ATHENE HOLDING LTD. Meeting Date: DEC 21, 2021 Record Date: NOV 04, 2021 Meeting Type: SPECIAL | ||||
| Ticker: ATH Security ID: 04686J309 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Approve Merger Agreement | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Adjourn Meeting | Management | For | For |
| ATHENE HOLDING LTD. Meeting Date: DEC 21, 2021 Record Date: NOV 04, 2021 Meeting Type: SPECIAL | ||||
| Ticker: ATH Security ID: G0684D305 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Approve Merger Agreement | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Adjourn Meeting | Management | For | For |
| BANK LEUMI LE-ISRAEL LTD. Meeting Date: SEP 13, 2021 Record Date: AUG 11, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: LUMI Security ID: M16043107 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Discuss Financial Statements and the Report of the Board | Management | None | None |
| 2 | Reappoint Somekh Chaikin (KPMG) and Brightman Almagor Zohar and Co. (Deloitte) as Joint Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Elect Eliya Sasson as External Director | Management | For | Abstain |
| 4 | Reelect Tamar Gottlieb as External Director | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Elect Eliyahu Gonen as External Director | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Reelect Shmuel Ben Zvi as External Director as defined in Directive 301 | Management | For | For |
| 7 | Elect Dan Koller as External Director as defined in Directive 301 | Management | For | Abstain |
| 8 | Elect Nurit Krausz as External Director as defined in Directive 301 | Management | For | For |
| A | Vote FOR if you are a controlling shareholder or have a personal interest in one or several resolutions, as indicated in the proxy card; otherwise, vote AGAINST. You may not abstain. If you vote FOR, please provide an explanation to your account manager | Management | None | Against |
| B1 | If you are an Interest Holder as defined in Section 1 of the Securities Law, 1968, vote FOR. Otherwise, vote against. | Management | None | Against |
| B2 | If you are a Senior Officer as defined in Section 37(D) of the Securities Law, 1968, vote FOR. Otherwise, vote against. | Management | None | Against |
| B3 | If you are an Institutional Investor as defined in Regulation 1 of the Supervision Financial Services Regulations 2009 or a Manager of a Joint Investment Trust Fund as defined in the Joint Investment Trust Law, 1994, vote FOR. Otherwise, vote against. | Management | None | For |
| BHP GROUP PLC Meeting Date: OCT 14, 2021 Record Date: OCT 12, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: BHP Security ID: G10877127 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Authorise the Risk and Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration of Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Authorise Issue of Equity | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Management | For | For |
| 7 | Approve Remuneration Report for UK Law Purposes | Management | For | For |
| 8 | Approve Remuneration Report for Australian Law Purposes | Management | For | For |
| 9 | Approve Grant of Awards under the Group's Incentive Plans to Mike Henry | Management | For | For |
| 10 | Re-elect Terry Bowen as Director | Management | For | For |
| 11 | Re-elect Malcolm Broomhead as Director | Management | For | For |
| 12 | Re-elect Xiaoqun Clever as Director | Management | For | For |
| 13 | Re-elect Ian Cockerill as Director | Management | For | For |
| 14 | Re-elect Gary Goldberg as Director | Management | For | For |
| 15 | Re-elect Mike Henry as Director | Management | For | For |
| 16 | Re-elect Ken MacKenzie as Director | Management | For | For |
| 17 | Re-elect John Mogford as Director | Management | For | For |
| 18 | Re-elect Christine O'Reilly as Director | Management | For | For |
| 19 | Re-elect Dion Weisler as Director | Management | For | For |
| 20 | Approve the Climate Transition Action Plan | Management | For | For |
| 21 | Amend Constitution of BHP Group Limited | Shareholder | Against | Against |
| 22 | Approve Climate-Related Lobbying | Shareholder | For | For |
| 23 | Approve Capital Protection | Shareholder | Against | Against |
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Meeting Date: DEC 13, 2021 Record Date: OCT 15, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: CSCO Security ID: 17275R102 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1a | Elect Director M. Michele Burns | Management | For | For |
| 1b | Elect Director Wesley G. Bush | Management | For | For |
| 1c | Elect Director Michael D. Capellas | Management | For | For |
| 1d | Elect Director Mark Garrett | Management | For | For |
| 1e | Elect Director John D. Harris, II | Management | For | For |
| 1f | Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson | Management | For | For |
| 1g | Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary | Management | For | For |
| 1h | Elect Director Charles H. Robbins | Management | For | For |
| 1i | Elect Director Brenton L. Saunders | Management | For | For |
| 1j | Elect Director Lisa T. Su | Management | For | For |
| 1k | Elect Director Marianna Tessel | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Amend Proxy Access Right | Shareholder | Against | For |
| DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. Meeting Date: SEP 22, 2021 Record Date: JUL 28, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: DRI Security ID: 237194105 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1.1 | Elect Director Margaret Shan Atkins | Management | For | For |
| 1.2 | Elect Director James P. Fogarty | Management | For | For |
| 1.3 | Elect Director Cynthia T. Jamison | Management | For | For |
| 1.4 | Elect Director Eugene I. Lee, Jr. | Management | For | For |
| 1.5 | Elect Director Nana Mensah | Management | For | For |
| 1.6 | Elect Director William S. Simon | Management | For | For |
| 1.7 | Elect Director Charles M. Sonsteby | Management | For | For |
| 1.8 | Elect Director Timothy J. Wilmott | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Adopt Share Retention Policy For Senior Executives - Withdrawn Resolutioin | Shareholder | None | None |
| INDUSTRIA DE DISENO TEXTIL SA Meeting Date: JUL 13, 2021 Record Date: JUL 08, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: ITX Security ID: E6282J125 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Approve Standalone Financial Statements | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Consolidated Financial Statements and Discharge of Board | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve Non-Financial Information Statement | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Reelect Jose Arnau Sierra as Director | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Renew Appointment of Deloitte as Auditor | Management | For | For |
| 7.a | Amend Article 8 Re: Representation of Shares | Management | For | For |
| 7.b | Amend Articles Re: Allow Shareholder Meetings to be Held in Virtual-Only Format | Management | For | For |
| 7.c | Amend Articles Re: Board of Directors and Board Committees | Management | For | For |
| 7.d | Amend Article 36 Re: Approval of Accounts and Distribution of Dividends | Management | For | For |
| 7.e | Approve Restated Articles of Association | Management | For | For |
| 8 | Approve Restated General Meeting Regulations Re: Allow Shareholder Meetings to be Held in Virtual-Only Format | Management | For | For |
| 9 | Approve Remuneration Policy | Management | For | For |
| 10 | Approve Long-Term Incentive Plan | Management | For | For |
| 11 | Advisory Vote on Remuneration Report | Management | For | For |
| 12 | Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute Approved Resolutions | Management | For | For |
| 13 | Receive Amendments to Board of Directors Regulations | Management | None | None |
| MEDTRONIC PLC Meeting Date: DEC 09, 2021 Record Date: OCT 14, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: MDT Security ID: G5960L103 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1a | Elect Director Richard H. Anderson | Management | For | For |
| 1b | Elect Director Craig Arnold | Management | For | For |
| 1c | Elect Director Scott C. Donnelly | Management | For | For |
| 1d | Elect Director Andrea J. Goldsmith | Management | For | For |
| 1e | Elect Director Randall J. Hogan, III | Management | For | For |
| 1f | Elect Director Kevin E. Lofton | Management | For | For |
| 1g | Elect Director Geoffrey S. Martha | Management | For | For |
| 1h | Elect Director Elizabeth G. Nabel | Management | For | For |
| 1i | Elect Director Denise M. O'Leary | Management | For | For |
| 1j | Elect Director Kendall J. Powell | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency | Management | One Year | One Year |
| 5 | Approve Omnibus Stock Plan | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Renew the Board's Authority to Issue Shares Under Irish Law | Management | For | For |
| 7 | Renew the Board's Authority to Opt-Out of Statutory Pre-Emptions Rights Under Irish Law | Management | For | For |
| 8 | Authorize Overseas Market Purchases of Ordinary Shares | Management | For | For |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION Meeting Date: NOV 30, 2021 Record Date: SEP 30, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1.1 | Elect Director Reid G. Hoffman | Management | For | For |
| 1.2 | Elect Director Hugh F. Johnston | Management | For | For |
| 1.3 | Elect Director Teri L. List | Management | For | For |
| 1.4 | Elect Director Satya Nadella | Management | For | For |
| 1.5 | Elect Director Sandra E. Peterson | Management | For | For |
| 1.6 | Elect Director Penny S. Pritzker | Management | For | For |
| 1.7 | Elect Director Carlos A. Rodriguez | Management | For | For |
| 1.8 | Elect Director Charles W. Scharf | Management | For | For |
| 1.9 | Elect Director John W. Stanton | Management | For | For |
| 1.10 | Elect Director John W. Thompson | Management | For | For |
| 1.11 | Elect Director Emma N. Walmsley | Management | For | For |
| 1.12 | Elect Director Padmasree Warrior | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Report on Gender/Racial Pay Gap | Shareholder | Against | For |
| 6 | Report on Effectiveness of Workplace Sexual Harassment Policies | Shareholder | Against | For |
| 7 | Prohibit Sales of Facial Recognition Technology to All Government Entities | Shareholder | Against | Against |
| 8 | Report on Implementation of the Fair Chance Business Pledge | Shareholder | Against | Against |
| 9 | Report on Lobbying Activities Alignment with Company Policies | Shareholder | Against | For |
| NATIONAL GRID PLC Meeting Date: JUL 26, 2021 Record Date: JUL 22, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: NG Security ID: G6S9A7120 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Final Dividend | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Elect Paula Reynolds as Director | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Re-elect John Pettigrew as Director | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Re-elect Andy Agg as Director | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Re-elect Mark Williamson as Director | Management | For | For |
| 7 | Re-elect Jonathan Dawson as Director | Management | For | For |
| 8 | Re-elect Therese Esperdy as Director | Management | For | For |
| 9 | Re-elect Liz Hewitt as Director | Management | For | For |
| 10 | Re-elect Amanda Mesler as Director | Management | For | For |
| 11 | Re-elect Earl Shipp as Director | Management | For | For |
| 12 | Re-elect Jonathan Silver as Director | Management | For | For |
| 13 | Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 14 | Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration of Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 15 | Approve Remuneration Report | Management | For | For |
| 16 | Authorise UK Political Donations and Expenditure | Management | For | For |
| 17 | Authorise Issue of Equity | Management | For | For |
| 18 | Approve Long Term Performance Plan | Management | For | For |
| 19 | Approve US Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Management | For | For |
| 20 | Approve Climate Change Commitments and Targets | Management | For | For |
| 21 | Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights | Management | For | For |
| 22 | Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with an Acquisition or Other Capital Investment | Management | For | For |
| 23 | Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Management | For | For |
| 24 | Authorise the Company to Call General Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice | Management | For | For |
| 25 | Adopt New Articles of Association | Management | For | For |
| ORACLE CORPORATION Meeting Date: NOV 10, 2021 Record Date: SEP 13, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: ORCL Security ID: 68389X105 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1.1 | Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.2 | Elect Director Michael J. Boskin | Management | For | For |
| 1.3 | Elect Director Safra A. Catz | Management | For | For |
| 1.4 | Elect Director Bruce R. Chizen | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.5 | Elect Director George H. Conrades | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.6 | Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison | Management | For | For |
| 1.7 | Elect Director Rona A. Fairhead | Management | For | For |
| 1.8 | Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley | Management | For | For |
| 1.9 | Elect Director Renee J. James | Management | For | For |
| 1.10 | Elect Director Charles W. Moorman, IV | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.11 | Elect Director Leon E. Panetta | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.12 | Elect Director William G. Parrett | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.13 | Elect Director Naomi O. Seligman | Management | For | Withhold |
| 1.14 | Elect Director Vishal Sikka | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation | Management | For | Against |
| 3 | Amend Omnibus Stock Plan | Management | For | Against |
| 4 | Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Report on Racial Equity Audit | Shareholder | Against | For |
| 6 | Require Independent Board Chair | Shareholder | Against | For |
| 7 | Report on Political Contributions | Shareholder | Against | Against |
| SK TELECOM CO., LTD. Meeting Date: OCT 12, 2021 Record Date: JUL 16, 2021 Meeting Type: SPECIAL | ||||
| Ticker: 017670 Security ID: Y4935N104 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Amend Articles of Incorporation | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Spin-Off Agreement | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Elect Choi Gyu-nam as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director | Management | For | For |
| TOPSPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Meeting Date: JUL 20, 2021 Record Date: JUL 14, 2021 Meeting Type: ANNUAL | ||||
| Ticker: 6110 Security ID: G8924B104 | ||||
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Final Dividend | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditor and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration | Management | For | For |
| 4a1 | Elect Leung Kam Kwan as Director | Management | For | For |
| 4a2 | Elect Sheng Fang as Director | Management | For | For |
| 4a3 | Elect Yung Josephine Yuen Ching as Director | Management | For | For |
| 4a4 | Elect Hua Bin as Director | Management | For | For |
| 4b | Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of Directors | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights | Management | For | Against |
| 6 | Authorize Repurchase of Issued Share Capital | Management | For | For |
| 7 | Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares | Management | For | Against |
END NPX REPORT
SIGNATURES:
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.
Nuveen Tax-Advantage Total Return Strategy Fund
| By | /s/ David J. Lamb | |
| David J. Lamb – Chief Administrative Officer | ||
| Date | ||
August 22, 2022