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: 811-03864
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Oppenheimer Balanced Fund
Address of principal executive offices: 6803 South Tucson Way
Centennial, CO 80112-3924
Name and address of agent for service: Robert G. Zack,
Executive Vice President &
General Counsel
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Two World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281-1008
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 303-768-3200
Date of fiscal year end: 09/30
Date of reporting period: 07/01/2009-06/30/2010
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
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AerCap Holdings NV
Ticker: AER Security ID: N00985106
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 28, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Open Meeting None None Management
2 Receive Report of Board of Directors None None Management
(Non-Voting)
3 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management
Statutory Reports Vote
4 Receive Explanation on Company's Reserves None None Management
and Dividend Policy
5 Approve Discharge of Board of Directors For Did Not Management
Vote
6a Elect M. Gradon as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6b Elect N. Greene as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6c Elect P.T Dacier as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6d Reelect R.G. Warden as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6e Reelect G.P. Strong as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6f Reelect W.B. Ingersoll as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6g Reelect K. W. Heineman as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
7 Approve Remuneration of Non-Executive For Did Not Management
Board Vote
8 Proposal to Designate Keith A. Helming as For Did Not Management
the Person Responsible for the Management Vote
of the Company in Case All Directors Are
Absent or Prevented from Acting
9 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants For Did Not Management
N.V. as Auditors Vote
10 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management
of Issued Share Capital Vote
11 Amend Articles of Association For Did Not Management
Vote
12 Allow Questions None None Management
13 Close Meeting None None Management
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Aetna Inc.
Ticker: AET Security ID: 00817Y108
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Frank M. Clark For Against Management
2 Elect Director Betsy Z. Cohen For Against Management
3 Elect Director Molly J. Coye For For Management
4 Elect Director Roger N. Farah For Against Management
5 Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin For Against Management
6 Elect Director Jeffrey E. Garten For Against 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 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
16 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
17 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
18 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
19 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
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AIRCASTLE LTD
Ticker: AYR Security ID: G0129K104
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ronald W. Allen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Douglas A. Hacker For For Management
2 Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration
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Altria Group, Inc.
Ticker: MO Security ID: 02209S103
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2010
# 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 John T. Casteen III For For Management
4 Elect Director Dinyar S. Devitre For For Management
5 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell II For For Management
6 Elect Director Robert E. R. Huntley For For Management
7 Elect Director Thomas W. Jones For For Management
8 Elect Director George Munoz For For Management
9 Elect Director Nabil Y. Sakkab For For Management
10 Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk For For Management
11 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Report on Effect of Marketing Practices Against Against Shareholder
on the Poor
14 Adopt Human Rights Protocols for Company Against For Shareholder
and Suppliers
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Amgen, Inc.
Ticker: AMGN Security ID: 031162100
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Dr. 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 Dr. Vance D. Coffman For For Management
6 Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck For For Management
7 Elect Director Dr. Rebecca M. Henderson For For Management
8 Elect Director Frank C. Herringer For For Management
9 Elect Director Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn For For Management
10 Elect Director Judith C. Pelham For For Management
11 Elect Director Adm. J. Paul Reason, USN For For Management
(Retired)
12 Elect Director Leonard D. Schaeffer For For Management
13 Elect Director Kevin W. Sharer For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
16 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
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Assurant, Inc.
Ticker: AIZ Security ID: 04621X108
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Howard L. Carver For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Juan N. Cento For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Allen R. Freedman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Elaine D. Rosen For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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Bank of America Corporation
Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 3, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Susan S. Bies For For Management
2 Elect Director William P. Boardman For For Management
3 Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr. For For Management
4 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management
5 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Management
6 Elect Director Charles O. Holliday, Jr. For For Management
7 Elect Director D. Paul Jones, Jr. For For Management
8 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For For Management
9 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
10 Elect Director Brian T. Moynihan For For Management
11 Elect Director Donald E. Powell For For Management
12 Elect Director Charles O. Rossotti For For Management
13 Elect Director Robert W. Scully For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
16 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
17 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
18 Report on Government Service of Employees Against Abstain Shareholder
19 TARP Related Compensation Against For Shareholder
20 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
21 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
22 Adopt Policy on Succession Planning Against For Shareholder
23 Report on Collateral in Derivatives Against For Shareholder
Trading
24 Claw-back of Payments under Restatements Against For Shareholder
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Celanese Corporation
Ticker: CE Security ID: 150870103
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director David N. Weidman For For Management
2 Elect Director Mark C. Rohr For For Management
3 Elect Director Farah M. Walters For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Chevron Corporation
Ticker: CVX Security ID: 166764100
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director S.H. Armacost For For Management
2 Elect Director L.F. Deily For For Management
3 Elect Director R.E. Denham For For Management
4 Elect Director R.J. Eaton For For Management
5 Elect Director C. Hagel For For Management
6 Elect Director E. Hernandez For For Management
7 Elect Director F.G. Jenifer For For Management
8 Elect Director G.L. Kirkland For For Management
9 Elect Director S. Nunn For For Management
10 Elect Director D.B. Rice For For Management
11 Elect Director K.W. Sharer For For Management
12 Elect Director C.R. Shoemate For For Management
13 Elect Director J.G. Stumpf For For Management
14 Elect Director R.D. Sugar For For Management
15 Elect Director C. Ware For For Management
16 Elect Director J.S. Watson For For Management
17 Ratify Auditors For For Management
18 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
19 Request Director Nominee with Against For Shareholder
Environmental Qualifications
20 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
21 Disclose Payments To Host Governments Against Against Shareholder
22 Adopt Guidelines for Country Selection Against For Shareholder
23 Report on Financial Risks From Climate Against Abstain Shareholder
Change
24 Amend Bylaws to Establish a Board Against Abstain Shareholder
Committee on Human Rights
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Covidien plc
Ticker: COV Security ID: G2554F105
Meeting Date: MAR 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 13, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2a Elect Craig Arnold as Director For For Management
2b Elect Robert H. Brust as Director For For Management
2c Elect John M. Connors, Jr. as Director For For Management
2d Elect Christopher J. Coughlin as Director For For Management
2e Elect Timothy M. Donahue as Director For For Management
2f Elect Kathy J. Herbert as Director For For Management
2g Elect Randall J. Hogan, III as Director For For Management
2h Elect Richard J. Meelia as Director For Abstain Management
2i Elect Dennis H. Reilley as Director For For Management
2j Elect Tadataka Yamada as Director For For Management
2k Elect Joseph A. Zaccagnino as Director For For Management
3 Approve Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors For For Management
and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration Auditors
4 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For For Management
5 Authorize Reissuance of Treasury Shares For For Management
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CVS Caremark Corporation
Ticker: CVS Security ID: 126650100
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Edwin M. Banks For For Management
2 Elect Director C. David Brown II For For Management
3 Elect Director David W. Dorman For For Management
4 Elect Director Kristen Gibney Williams For For Management
5 Elect Director Marian L. Heard For For Management
6 Elect Director William H. Joyce For For Management
7 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Millon For For Management
8 Elect Director Terrence Murray For For Management
9 Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo For For Management
10 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management
11 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management
12 Elect Director Richard J. Swift For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
15 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
16 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
17 Adopt Global Warming Principles Against Abstain Shareholder
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eBay Inc.
Ticker: EBAY Security ID: 278642103
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director David M. Moffett For For Management
2 Elect Director Richard T. Schlosberg, III For For Management
3 Elect Director Thomas J. Tierney For For Management
4 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
6 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Edison International
Ticker: EIX Security ID: 281020107
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jagjeet S. Bindra For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Vanessa C.L. Chang For For Management
1.3 Elect Director France A. Cordova For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles B. Curtis For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Bradford M. Freeman For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Luis G. Nogales For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ronald L. Olson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director James M. Rosser For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Richard T. Schlosberg, III For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Thomas C. Sutton For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Brett White For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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Everest Re Group LTD
Ticker: RE Security ID: G3223R108
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Kenneth J. Duffy as Director For For Management
1.2 Elect Joseph V. Taranto as Director For For Management
2 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
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Exxon Mobil Corporation
Ticker: XOM Security ID: 30231G102
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 6, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director M.J. Boskin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director P. Brabeck-Letmathe For For Management
1.3 Elect Director L.R. Faulkner For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J.S. Fishman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director K.C. Frazier For For Management
1.6 Elect Director W.W. George For For Management
1.7 Elect Director M.C. Nelson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director S.J. Palmisano For For Management
1.9 Elect Director S.C. Reinemund For For Management
1.10 Elect Director R.W. Tillerson For For Management
1.11 Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
4 Reincorporate in Another State [from New Against Against Shareholder
Jersey to North Dakota]
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
6 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against Abstain Shareholder
Discrimination based on Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identity
7 Adopt Policy on Human Right to Water Against Abstain Shareholder
8 Adopt Policy to Address Coastal Louisiana Against Abstain Shareholder
Environmental Impacts
9 Report on Environmental Impact of Oil Against For Shareholder
Sands Operations in Canada
10 Report on Environmental Impacts of Against For Shareholder
Natural Gas Fracturing
11 Report on Energy Technologies Development Against Against Shareholder
12 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals from Against For Shareholder
Products and Operations
13 Report on Risks of Alternative Long-term Against Abstain Shareholder
Fossil Fuel Demand Estimates
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General Cable Corp.
Ticker: BGC Security ID: 369300108
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director John E. Welsh, III For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Provide Directors Be Removed With or For For Management
Without Cause
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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Genzyme Corporation
Ticker: GENZ Security ID: 372917104
Meeting Date: JUN 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Proxy Contest
Record Date: APR 9, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Bertolini For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gail K. Boudreaux For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Carpenter For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles L. Cooney For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Victor J. Dzau For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Connie Mack, III For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Richard F. Syron For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Henri A. Termeer For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ralph V. Whitworth For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
4 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock For For Management
Plan
5 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
6 Ratify Auditors For For Management
1.1 Elect Director Steven Burakoff For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.2 Elect Director Alexander J. Denner For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.3 Elect Director Carl C. Icahn For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.4 Elect Director Richard Mulligan For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.5 Management Nominee - Douglas A. For Did Not Shareholder
Berthiaume Vote
1.6 Management Nominee - Robert J. Bertolini For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.7 Management Nominee - Gail K. Boudreaux For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.8 Management Nominee - Robert J. Carpenter For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.9 Management Nominee - Victor J. Dzau For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.10 Management Nominee - Ralph V. Whitworth For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Did Not Management
Vote
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For Did Not Management
Plan Vote
4 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock Against Did Not Management
Plan Vote
5 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
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Google Inc.
Ticker: GOOG Security ID: 38259P508
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Eric Schmidt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Sergey Brin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Larry Page For For Management
1.4 Elect Director L. John Doerr For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John L. Hennessy For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ann Mather For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Paul S. Otellini For For Management
1.8 Elect Director K. Ram Shriram For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Shirley M. Tilghman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Prepare Sustainability Report Against For Shareholder
5 Adopt Principles for Online Advertising Against Abstain Shareholder
6 Amend Human Rights Policies Regarding Against Abstain Shareholder
Chinese Operations
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Joy Global, Inc.
Ticker: JOYG Security ID: 481165108
Meeting Date: MAR 9, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 8, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven L. Gerard For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John Nils Hanson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ken C. Johnsen For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gale E. Klappa For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard B. Loynd For For Management
1.6 Elect Director P. Eric Siegert For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Michael W. Sutherlin For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James H. Tate For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2010
# 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 Affirm Political Non-Partisanship Against Abstain Shareholder
5 Amend Bylaws-- Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder
6 Report on Collateral in Derivatives Against For Shareholder
Trading
7 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
8 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
9 Report on Pay Disparity Against Abstain Shareholder
10 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
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Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
Ticker: 4817 Security ID: J28710101
Meeting Date: MAR 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 31, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Allocation of Income, With a For For Management
Final Dividend of JPY 490
2 Amend Articles To Change Location of Head For For Management
Office
3.1 Elect Director For For Management
3.2 Elect Director For For Management
3.3 Elect Director For For Management
3.4 Elect Director For For Management
3.5 Elect Director For For Management
3.6 Elect Director For For Management
3.7 Elect Director For For Management
3.8 Elect Director For For Management
3.9 Elect Director For For Management
3.10 Elect Director For For Management
3.11 Elect Director For For Management
4.1 Appoint Statutory Auditor For For Management
4.2 Appoint Statutory Auditor For Against Management
4.3 Appoint Statutory Auditor For Against Management
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Liberty Global, Inc.
Ticker: LBTYA Security ID: 530555101
Meeting Date: JUN 17, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 21, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Miranda Curtis For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John W. Dick For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J.C. Sparkman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. David Wargo For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Lorillard, Inc.
Ticker: LO Security ID: 544147101
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard W. Roedel For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David H. Taylor For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Merck & Co., Inc.
Ticker: MRK Security ID: 58933Y105
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2010
# 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 C. Robert Kidder For For Management
10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management
11 Elect Director Carlos E. Represas For For Management
12 Elect Director Patricia F. Russo For For Management
13 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk For For Management
14 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management
15 Elect Director Craig B. Thompson For For Management
16 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management
17 Elect Director Peter C. Wendell For For Management
18 Ratify Auditors For For Management
19 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
20 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
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Microsoft Corporation
Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104
Meeting Date: NOV 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 4, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director William H. Gates, III For For Management
2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer For For Management
3 Elect Director Dina Dublon For For Management
4 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
5 Elect Director Reed Hastings For For Management
6 Elect Director Maria Klawe 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 Ratify Auditors For For Management
11 Permit Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
12 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
13 Adopt Principles for Health Care Reform Against Abstain Shareholder
14 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Abstain Shareholder
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Molson Coors Brewing Company
Ticker: TAP Security ID: 60871R209
Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 5, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Directors John E. Cleghorn For For Management
1.2 Elect Directors Charles M. Herington For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Directors David P. O'Brien For Withhold Management
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Morgan Stanley
Ticker: MS Security ID: 617446448
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Roy J. Bostock For Against Management
2 Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles For For Management
3 Elect Director Howard J. Davies For For Management
4 Elect Director James P. Gorman For For Management
5 Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr. For For Management
6 Elect Director Nobuyuki Hirano For For Management
7 Elect Director C. Robert Kidder For For Management
8 Elect Director John J. Mack For For Management
9 Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen For For Management
10 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
11 Elect Director Hutham S. Olayan For For Management
12 Elect Director O. Griffith Sexton For For Management
13 Elect Director Laura D. Tyson For For Management
14 Ratify Auditors For For Management
15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
16 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
17 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
18 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
19 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder
20 Report on Pay Disparity Against Abstain Shareholder
21 Claw-back of Payments under Restatements Against For Shareholder
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Navistar International Corp.
Ticker: NAV Security ID: 63934E108
Meeting Date: FEB 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 4, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Eugenio Clariond For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Diane H. Gulyas For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William H. Osborne For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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Nestle SA
Ticker: Security ID: H57312649
Meeting Date: APR 15, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
1.2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For For Management
Management
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends of CHF 1.60 per Share
4.1.1 Reelect Andre Kudelski as Director For For Management
4.1.2 Reelect Jean-Rene Fourtou as Director For For Management
4.1.3 Reelect Steven Hoch as Director For For Management
4.1.4 Reelect Peter Brabeck-Letmathe as For For Management
Director
4.2.1 Elect Titia de Lange as Director For For Management
4.2.2 Elect Jean-Pierre Roth as Director For For Management
4.3 Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors For For Management
5 Approve CHF 18.5 Million Reduction in For For Management
Share Capital via Cancellation of
Repurchased Shares
6 Amend Articles Re: Share Certificates due For For Management
to New Swiss Federal Act on Intermediated
Securities
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NRG Energy Inc
Ticker: NRG Security ID: 629377508
Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Proxy Contest
Record Date: JUN 15, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John F. Chlebowski For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Howard E. Cosgrove For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William E. Hantke For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Anne C. Schaumburg For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
6 Report on Carbon Principles Against Against Shareholder
7 Change Size of Board of Directors Against Against Shareholder
8 Repeal Amendments Adopted Without Against Against Shareholder
Stockholder Approval After February 26,
2008
1.1 Elect Director Betsy S. Atkins For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.2 Elect Director Ralph E. Faison For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.3 Elect Director Coleman Peterson For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
1.4 Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
2 Change Size of Board of Directors For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
3 Elect Director Donald DeFosset For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
4 Elect Director Richard H. Koppes For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
5 Elect Director John M. Albertine For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
6 Elect Director Marjorie L. Bowen For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
7 Elect Director Ralph G. Wellington For Did Not Shareholder
Vote
8 Repeal Amendments Adopted Without For Did Not Shareholder
Stockholder Approval After February 26, Vote
2008
9 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Did Not Management
Vote
10 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For Did Not Management
Vote
11 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For Did Not Management
Election of Directors Vote
12 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
13 Report on Carbon Principles None Did Not Shareholder
Vote
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ORBCOMM Inc.
Ticker: ORBC Security ID: 68555P100
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Didier Delepine For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Hans E. W. Hoffmann For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gary H. Ritondaro For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Pfizer Inc.
Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello For For Management
2 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management
3 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management
4 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management
5 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management
6 Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson For For Management
7 Elect Director William H. Gray III For For Management
8 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management
9 Elect Director James M. Kilts For For Management
10 Elect Director Jeffrey B. Kindler For For Management
11 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management
12 Elect Director John P. Mascotte For For Management
13 Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson For For Management
14 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management
15 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management
16 Ratify Auditors For For Management
17 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
18 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
19 Prohibit Executive Stock-Based Awards Against Against Shareholder
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Ticker: POT Security ID: 73755L107
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: MAR 11, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect C. M. Burley as Director For For Management
1.2 Elect W. J. Doyle as Director For For Management
1.3 Elect J. W. Estey as Director For For Management
1.4 Elect C. S. Hoffman as Director For For Management
1.5 Elect D. J. Howe as Director For For Management
1.6 Elect A. D. Laberge as Director For For Management
1.7 Elect K. G. Martell as Director For For Management
1.8 Elect J. J. McCaig as Director For For Management
1.9 Elect M. Mogford as Director For For Management
1.10 Elect P. J. Schoenhals as Director For For Management
1.11 Elect E. R. Stromberg as Director For For Management
1.12 Elect E. Viyella de Paliza as Director For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Performance Option Plan For For Management
4 Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation For For Management
Approach
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QUALCOMM Incorporated
Ticker: QCOM Security ID: 747525103
Meeting Date: MAR 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 4, 2010
# 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 Brent Scowcroft For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Marc I. Stern For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Research In Motion Ltd
Ticker: RIM Security ID: 760975102
Meeting Date: JUL 14, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 26, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mike Lazaridis For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James Estill For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David Kerr For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Roger Martin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John Richardson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Barbara Stymiest For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John Wetmore For For Management
2 Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration
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Synopsys, Inc.
Ticker: SNPS Security ID: 871607107
Meeting Date: MAR 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 27, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Aart J. De Geus For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alfred Castino For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Chi-Foon Chan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Bruce R. Chizen For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Deborah A. Coleman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John Schwarz For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Roy Vallee For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Steven C. Walske For For Management
2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
3 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock For For Management
Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Ticker: TTWO Security ID: 874054109
Meeting Date: APR 15, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Strauss Zelnick For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert A. Bowman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Sung Hwan Cho For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael Dornemann For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Brett Icahn For For Management
1.6 Elect Director J. Moses For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James L. Nelson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael Sheresky For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Ticker: GS Security ID: 38141G104
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John H. Bryan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Gary D. Cohn For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Claes Dahlbck For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Stephen Friedman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William W. George For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James A. Johnson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lakshmi N. Mittal For For Management
1.10 Elect Director James J. Schiro For For Management
1.11 Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
5 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For Against Management
6 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Collateral in Derivatives Against For Shareholder
Trading
8 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
9 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
10 Report on Global Warming Science Against Against Shareholder
11 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
12 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder
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The Kroger Co.
Ticker: KR Security ID: 501044101
Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 26, 2010
# 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 W. Rodney McMullen For For Management
8 Elect Director Jorge P. Montoya For For Management
9 Elect Director Clyde R. Moore For For Management
10 Elect Director Susan M. Phillips For For Management
11 Elect Director Steven R. Rogel For For Management
12 Elect Director James A. Runde For For Management
13 Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent For For Management
14 Elect Director Bobby S. Shackouls For For Management
15 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
16 Ratify Auditors For For Management
17 Report on Climate Change Against For Shareholder
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THQ Inc.
Ticker: THQI Security ID: 872443403
Meeting Date: AUG 6, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 8, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Brian J. Farrell For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lawrence Burstein For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Henry T. DeNero For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Brian P. Dougherty For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jeffrey W. Griffiths For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Gary E. Rieschel For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James L. Whims For For Management
2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Other Business For Against Management
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Tyco International Ltd.
Ticker: TYC Security ID: H89128104
Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 11, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports for Fiscal 2008/2009
2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For For Management
Management
3.1 Reelect Edward Breen as Director For For Management
3.2 Elect Michael Daniels as Director For For Management
3.3 Reelect Timothy Donahue as Director For For Management
3.4 Reelect Brian Duperreault as Director For For Management
3.5 Reelect Bruce Gordon as Director For For Management
3.6 Reelect Rajiv Gupta as Director For For Management
3.7 Reelect John Krol as Director For For Management
3.8 Reelect Brendan O'Neill as Director For For Management
3.9 Reelect William Stavropoulos as Director For For Management
3.10 Reelect Sandra Wijnberg as Director For For Management
3.11 Reelect R. David Yost as Director For For Management
4a Ratify Deloitte AG as Auditors For For Management
4b Appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm for Fiscal 2009/2010
4c Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For For Management
Special Auditor
5a Approve Carrying Forward of Net Loss For For Management
5b Approve CHF 407.4 Million Reduction in For For Management
Share Capital and Repayment of CHF 0.85
per Share
6 Amend Articles Re: Plurality Voting For For Management
Standard for Board Elections When the
Number of Candidates Exceeds the Number
of Board Positions Available
7 Transact Other Business (Voting) For Against Management
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Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Ticker: VNDA Security ID: 921659108
Meeting Date: JUN 3, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 16, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Howard H. Pien For For Management
1.2 Elect Director H. Thomas Watkins For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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Walgreen Co.
Ticker: WAG Security ID: 931422109
Meeting Date: JAN 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 16, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven A. Davis For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William C. Foote For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mark P. Frissora For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Alan G. McNally 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 Gregory D. Wasson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
5 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against For Shareholder
6 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Abstain Shareholder
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Wyeth
Ticker: WYE Security ID: 983024100
Meeting Date: JUL 20, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 5, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
3.1 Elect Director Robert M. Amen For Against Management
3.2 Elect Director Michael J. Critelli For Against Management
3.3 Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson For For Management
3.4 Elect Director Victor F. Ganzi For Against Management
3.5 Elect Director Robert Langer For For Management
3.6 Elect Director John P. Mascotte For Against Management
3.7 Elect Director Raymond J. McGuire For Against Management
3.8 Elect Director Mary Lake Polan For For Management
3.9 Elect Director Bernard Poussot For For Management
3.10 Elect Director Gary L. Rogers For Against Management
3.11 Elect Director John R. Torell III For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Report on Political Contributions Against For Shareholder
6 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
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.
Registrant: Oppenheimer Balanced Fund
By: William F. Glavin, Jr.*
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William F. Glavin, Jr.
President and Principal Executive Officer
Date: August 23, 2010
*By: /s/ Randy Legg
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Randy Legg, Attorney in Fact
