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 811-22409
Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS 66211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)
Terry Matlack
Diane Bono
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS 66211
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 913-981-1020
Date of fiscal year end: November 30
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2013
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
Buckeye Partners, L.P. | June 4, 2013 | 118230101 | BPL |
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Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
For | For | Election of Directors: | Issuer |
| | 1. Oliver G. Richard, III | |
| | 2. Clark C. Smith | |
| | 3. Frank S. Sowinski | |
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For | For | The approval of the Buckeye Partners, L.P. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Issuer |
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For | For | The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Buckeye Partners, L.P.'s independent registered public accountants for 2013 | Issuer |
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Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
Markwest Energy Partners | May 29, 2013 | 570759100 | MWE |
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Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
For | For | Election of Directors: | Issuer |
| | 1. Frank M. Semple | |
| | 2. Donald D. Wolf | |
| | 3. Keith E. Bailey | |
| | 4. Michael L. Beatty | |
| | 5. Charles K. Dempster | |
| | 6. Donald C. Heppermann | |
| | 7. Randall J. Larson | |
| | 8. Anne E. Fox Mounsey | |
| | 9. William P Nicoletti | |
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For | For | Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnership's Independent Registered Public Accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. | Issuer |
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Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
Copano Energy, LLC | April 30, 2013 | 217202100 | CPNO |
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Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
For | For | To adopt the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of January 29, 2013 (as it may be amended from time to time) by and among Copano Energy, LLC (the "Company"), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. , Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. and Javelina Merger Sub LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (The "Merger Agreement") | Issuer |
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For | For | To approve the adjournment of the company's special meeting, if necessary to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the merger agreement at the time of the special meeting | Issuer |
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For | For | To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the related compensation payments that will or may be paid by the company to its named executive officers in connection with the merger | Issuer |
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Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | April 25, 2013 | 559080106 | MMP |
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Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
For | For | Directors recommend: A vote for election of the following nominees: | Issuer |
| | 1. Walter R. Arnheim | |
| | 2. Patrick C. Eilers | |
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For | For | Advisory resolution to approve Executive Compensation | Issuer |
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For | For | Ratification of appointment of Independent Auditor | Issuer |
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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.
| TORTOISE MLP FUND, INC. | |
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Date: August 20, 2013 | By: | /s/ Terry Matlack | |
| | Terry Matlack | |
| | Chief Executive Officer | |
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