UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
Annual Report of Proxy Voting Record of
Registered Management Investment Company
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-23122
American Funds Emerging Markets Bond Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 486-9200
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
Steven I. Koszalka
American Funds Emerging Markets Bond Fund
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
FORM N-PX
ICA File Number: 811-23122
Registrant Name: American Funds Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Reporting Period: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020
American Funds Emerging Markets Bond Fund
| |
|---|
B3 SA-BRASIL, BOLSA, BALCAO
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: ANNUAL | Ticker: B3SA3
Security ID: ADPV40583
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve Remuneration of Company's Management | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Do You Wish to Request Installation of a Fiscal Council, Under the Terms of Article 161 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| 5 | Elect Fiscal Council Members | Management | For | For |
| 6 | In Case One of the Nominees Leaves the Fiscal Council Slate Due to a Separate Minority Election, as Allowed Under Articles 161 and 240 of the Brazilian Corporate Law, May Your Votes Still Be Counted for the Proposed Slate? | Management | None | For |
| 7 | Approve Remuneration of Fiscal Council Members | Management | For | For |
| |
|---|
B3 SA-BRASIL, BOLSA, BALCAO
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: SPECIAL | Ticker: B3SA3
Security ID: ADPV40583
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in Capital | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Amend Corporate Purpose | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Amend Article | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Remove Transitory Disposition in Article 79 | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Approve Renumbering of Articles | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Consolidate Bylaws | Management | For | For |
| |
|---|
CCR SA
Meeting Date: JAN 10, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: SPECIAL | Ticker: CCRO3
Security ID: P2170M104
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Amend Articles | Management | For | For |
| |
|---|
CCR SA
Meeting Date: APR 09, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: ANNUAL | Ticker: CCRO3
Security ID: P2170M104
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Fix Number of Directors at 13 | Management | For | Against |
| 4 | Do You Wish to Adopt Cumulative Voting for the Election of the Members of the Board of Directors, Under the Terms of Article 141 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| 5 | Elect Directors | Management | For | Against |
| 6 | In Case There is Any Change to the Board Slate Composition, May Your Votes Still be Counted for the Proposed Slate? | Management | None | Against |
| 7 | In Case Cumulative Voting Is Adopted, Do You Wish to Equally Distribute Your Votes Amongst the Nominees below? | Management | None | Against |
| 8.1 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ana Maria Marcondes Penido Sant'Anna as Director and Eduarda Penido Dalla Vecchia as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.2 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Fernando Luiz Aguiar Filho as Director and Leonardo de Almeida Massa as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.3 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ricardo Coutinho de Sena as Director and Jose Henrique Braga Polido Lopes as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.4 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Flavio Mendes Aidar as Director and Livio Hagime Kuze as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.5 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Paulo Roberto Reckziegel Guedes as Director and Fernando Santos Salles as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.6 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Luis Claudio Rapparini Soares as Director and Eduardo Penido Sant'Anna as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.7 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Renato Torres de Faria as Director and Paulo Marcio de Oliveira Monteiro as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.8 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Henrique Sutton de Sousa Neves as Director and Rosa Evangelina Penido Dalla Vecchia as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.9 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Luiz Carlos Cavalcanti Dutra Junior as Director and Nelson Tambelini Junior as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.10 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Luiz Alberto Colonna Rosman as Independent Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.11 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Leonardo Porciuncula Gomes Pereira as Independent Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.12 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Eduardo Bunker Gentil as Independent Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 8.13 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Eliane Aleixo Lustosa de Andrade as Independent Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 9 | As an Ordinary Shareholder, Would You like to Request a Separate Minority Election of a Member of the Board of Directors, Under the Terms of Article 141 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| 10 | Elect Ana Maria Marcondes Penido Sant'Anna as Board Chairman and Ricardo Coutinho de Sena as Board Vice-Chairman | Management | For | Against |
| 11 | Do You Wish to Request Installation of a Fiscal Council, Under the Terms of Article 161 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| 12.1 | Elect Adalgiso Fragoso de Faria as Fiscal Council Member and Marcelo de Andrade as Alternate | Management | For | For |
| 12.2 | Elect Bruno Goncalves Siqueira as Fiscal Council Member and Daniel da Silva Alves as Alternate | Management | For | For |
| 12.3 | Elect Piedade Mota da Fonseca as Fiscal Council Member and Ronaldo Pires da Silva as Alternate | Management | For | For |
| 13 | Approve Remuneration of Company's Management | Management | For | For |
| 14 | Approve Remuneration of Fiscal Council Members | Management | For | For |
| |
|---|
COMPANHIA ENERGETICA DE MINAS GERAIS SA
Meeting Date: AUG 07, 2019
Record Date:
Meeting Type: SPECIAL | Ticker: CMIG4
Security ID: P2577R110
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Elect Ronaldo Dias as Alternate Fiscal Council Member Appointed by Preferred Shareholder | Shareholder | None | For |
| |
|---|
HYPERA SA
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: ANNUAL | Ticker: HYPE3
Security ID: P5230A101
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Capital Budget | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Approve Remuneration of Company's Management and Fiscal Council | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Do You Wish to Request Installation of a Fiscal Council, Under the Terms of Article 161 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| |
|---|
HYPERA SA
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: SPECIAL | Ticker: HYPE3
Security ID: P5230A101
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Approve Share Matching Plan | Management | For | For |
| |
|---|
HYPERA SA
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: SPECIAL | Ticker: HYPE3
Security ID: P5230A101
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Approve Agreement to Acquire All Shares of the Company to Be Incorporated in Brazil and Held by Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG (Takeda) and Affiliates | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Ratify Planconsult Planejamento e Consultoria Ltda. as the Independent Firm to Appraise Proposed Transaction | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve Independent Firm's Appraisal | Management | For | For |
| |
|---|
ODONTOPREV SA
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: ANNUAL | Ticker: ODPV3
Security ID: P7344M104
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Approve Remuneration of Company's Management | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Fix Number of Fiscal Council Members at Three | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Elect Fiscal Council Members | Management | For | For |
| 6 | In Case One of the Nominees Leaves the Fiscal Council Slate Due to a Separate Minority Election, as Allowed Under Articles 161 and 240 of the Brazilian Corporate Law, May Your Votes Still Be Counted for the Proposed Slate? | Management | None | For |
| 7 | Elect Ivan Maluf Junior as Fiscal Council Member and Eduardo da Gama Godoy as Alternate Appointed by Minority Shareholder | Shareholder | None | Against |
| 8 | Approve Remuneration of Fiscal Council Members | Management | For | For |
| 9 | Fix Number of Directors at Eight | Management | For | For |
| 10 | Do You Wish to Adopt Cumulative Voting for the Election of the Members of the Board of Directors, Under the Terms of Article 141 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | Against |
| 11 | Elect Directors | Management | For | For |
| 12 | In Case There is Any Change to the Board Slate Composition, May Your Votes Still be Counted for the Proposed Slate? | Management | None | For |
| 13 | In Case Cumulative Voting Is Adopted, Do You Wish to Equally Distribute Your Votes Amongst the Nominees below? | Management | None | For |
| 14.1 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi as Director and Vinicius Marinho da Cruz as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.2 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Octavio de Lazari Junior as Director and Flavio Bitter as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.3 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Manoel Antonio Peres as Director and Americo Pinto Gomes as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.4 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Ivan Luiz Gontijo Junior as Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.5 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Samuel Monteiro dos Santos Junior as Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.6 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Vinicius Jose de Almeida Albernaz as Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.7 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Cesar Suaki dos Santos as Director and David Casimiro Moreira as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 14.8 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Murilo Cesar Lemos dos Santos Passos as Director and Jorge Kalache Filho as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 15 | Elect Director Appointed by Minority Shareholder | Shareholder | None | Against |
| 16 | In Case Neither Class of Shares Reaches the Minimum Quorum Required by the Brazilian Corporate Law to Elect a Board Representative in Separate Elections, Would You Like to Use Your Votes to Elect the Candidate with More Votes to Represent Both Classes? | Management | None | Against |
| 17 | In the Event of a Second Call, the Voting Instructions Contained in this Remote Voting Card May Also be Considered for the Second Call? | Management | None | For |
| |
|---|
VALE SA
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: ANNUAL | Ticker: VALE3
Security ID: P9661Q155
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Do You Wish to Adopt Cumulative Voting for the Election of the Members of the Board of Directors, Under the Terms of Article 141 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| 3 | Elect Directors | Management | For | Against |
| 4 | In Case There is Any Change to the Board Slate Composition, May Your Votes Still be Counted for the Proposed Slate? | Management | None | Against |
| 5 | In Case Cumulative Voting Is Adopted, Do You Wish to Equally Distribute Your Votes Amongst the Nominees below? | Management | None | For |
| 6.1 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Jose Mauricio Pereira Coelho as Director and Arthur Prado Silva as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.2 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Fernando Jorge Buso Gomes as Director and Johan Albino Ribeiro as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.3 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Oscar Augusto Camargo Filho as Director and Ken Yasuhara as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.4 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Jose Luciano Duarte Penido as Director | Management | None | For |
| 6.5 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Eduardo de Oliveira Rodrigues Filho as Director | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.6 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Marcel Juviniano Barros as Director and Marcia Fragoso Soares as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.7 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Toshiya Asahi as Director and Hugo Serrado Stoffel as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.8 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Roger Allan Downey as Director and Ivan Luiz Modesto Schara as Alternate | Management | None | Abstain |
| 6.9 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Murilo Cesar Lemos dos Santos Passos as Director and Joao Ernesto de Lima Mesquita as Alternate | Management | None | For |
| 6.10 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Isabella Saboya de Albuquerque as Independent Director and Adriano Cives Seabra as Alternate | Management | None | For |
| 6.11 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Sandra Maria Guerra de Azevedo as Independent Director | Management | None | For |
| 6.12 | Percentage of Votes to Be Assigned - Elect Marcelo Gasparino da Silva as Independent Director and Nuno Maria Pestana de Almeida Alves as Alternate | Management | None | For |
| 7 | As an Ordinary Shareholder, Would You like to Request a Separate Minority Election of a Member of the Board of Directors, Under the Terms of Article 141 of the Brazilian Corporate Law? | Management | None | For |
| 8 | Elect Fiscal Council Members | Management | For | For |
| 9 | In Case One of the Nominees Leaves the Fiscal Council Slate Due to a Separate Minority Election, as Allowed Under Articles 161 and 240 of the Brazilian Corporate Law, May Your Votes Still Be Counted for the Proposed Slate? | Management | None | For |
| 10 | Approve Remuneration of Company's Management and Fiscal Council | Management | For | Against |
| |
|---|
VALE SA
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2020
Record Date:
Meeting Type: SPECIAL | Ticker: VALE3
Security ID: P9661Q155
|
| Proposal No | Proposal | Proposed By | Management Recommendation | Vote Cast |
|---|
| 1 | Amend Articles and Consolidate Bylaws | Management | For | For |
| 2 | Approve Agreement to Absorb Ferrous Resources do Brasil S.A. (Ferrous) and Mineracao Jacuipe S.A. (Jacuipe) | Management | For | For |
| 3 | Ratify Premiumbravo Auditores Independentes as Independent Firm to Appraise Proposed Transaction | Management | For | For |
| 4 | Approve Independent Firm's Appraisals | Management | For | For |
| 5 | Approve Absorption of Ferrous Resources do Brasil S.A. (Ferrous) and Mineracao Jacuipe S.A. (Jacuipe) | Management | For | For |
| 6 | Approve Agreement to Absorb Minas da Serra Geral S.A. (MSG), MSE - Servicos de Operacao, Manutencao e Montagens Ltda. (MSE), Retiro Novo Reflorestamento Ltda. (Retiro Novo) and Mineracao Guariba Ltda. (Guariba) | Management | For | For |
| 7 | Ratify Macso Legate Auditores Independentes as Independent Firm to Appraise Proposed Transaction | Management | For | For |
| 8 | Approve Independent Firm's Appraisals | Management | For | For |
| 9 | Approve Absorption of Minas da Serra Geral S.A. (MSG), MSE - Servicos de Operacao, Manutencao e Montagens Ltda. (MSE), Retiro Novo Reflorestamento Ltda. (Retiro Novo) and Mineracao Guariba Ltda. (Guariba) | Management | For | For |
END NPX REPORT
SIGNATURE
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.
AMERICAN FUNDS EMERGING MARKETS BOND FUND
(Registrant)
| By /s/ Kristine M. Nishiyama |
| Kristine M. Nishiyama, Executive Vice President and Principal Executive Officer |
| |
| Date: August 26, 2020 |
