FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-3967
First Investors Income Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
110 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(Address of principle executive offices)
Joseph I. Benedek
First Investors Management Company, Inc.
Raritan Plaza I
8th Floor
Edison, NJ 08837-3620
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-212-858-8000
Date of Fiscal year-end: 9/30/2009
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
First Investors Cash Management Fund
None
First Investors Government Fund
None
First Investors Investment Grade Fund
None
First Investors Fund For Income
Mtg Date | Company | Security/ | Mgmt | Vote | Record | Shares |
| /Ballot Issues | Proponent | Rec | Cast | Date | Voted |
05/14/09 AGM | Frontier Communications Corp. | 35906A108 | | | 3/18/2009 | 175,000 |
| 1.1 | Elect Director Kathleen Q. Abernathy | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.2 | Elect Director Leroy T. Barnes, Jr. | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.3 | Elect Director Peter C.B. Bynoe | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.4 | Elect Director Michael T. Dugan | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.5 | Elect Director Jeri B. Finard | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.6 | Elect Director Lawton Wehle Fitt | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.7 | Elect Director William M. Kraus | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.8 | Elect Director Howard L. Schrott | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.9 | Elect Director Larraine D. Segil | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.10 | Elect Director David H. Ward | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.11 | Elect Director Myron A. Wick, III | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.12 | Elect Director Mary Agnes Wilderotter | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 2 | Approve Omnibus Stock Plan | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 3 | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation | ShrHoldr | Against | For | | |
| 4 | Ratify Auditors | Mgmt | For | For | | |
06/04/09 AGM | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. | 829226109 | | | 3/4/2009 | 325,000 |
| 1.1 | Elect Director David D. Smith | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 1.2 | Elect Director Frederick G. Smith | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 1.3 | Elect Director J. Duncan Smith | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 1.4 | Elect Director Robert E. Smith | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 1.5 | Elect Director Daniel C. Keith | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 1.6 | Elect Director Martin R. Leader | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.7 | Elect Director Lawrence E. Mccanna | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 1.8 | Elect Director Basil A. Thomas | Mgmt | For | Withhold | | |
| 2 | Ratify Auditors | Mgmt | For | For | | |
11/11/08 AGM | Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. | 88265P208 | | | 10/1/2008 | 175,613 |
| 1.1 | Elect Director Charles Shaver | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.2 | Elect Director Mark Demetree | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.3 | Elect Director Kevin Flannery | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.4 | Elect Director Tyrone Thayer | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.5 | Elect Director John Robbins | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.6 | Elect Director Kenneth Glassman | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.7 | Elect Director James Cacioppo | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 1.8 | Elect Director Sergey Vasnetsov | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 2 | Approve Omnibus Stock Plan | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 3 | Ratify Auditors | Mgmt | For | For | | |
06/03/09 AGM | Time Warner Cable Inc. | 88732J207 | | | 4/8/2009 | 60,249 |
| 1 | Elect Director Carole Black | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 2 | Elect Director Glenn A. Britt | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 3 | Elect Director Thomas H. Castro | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 4 | Elect Director David C. Chang | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 5 | Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr. | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 6 | Elect Director Peter R. Haje | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 7 | Elect Director Donna A. James | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 8 | Elect Director Don Logan | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 9 | Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr. | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 10 | Elect Director Wayne H. Pace | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 11 | Elect Director Edward D. Shirley | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 12 | Elect Director John E. Sununu | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 13 | Ratify Auditors | Mgmt | For | For | | |
12/12/08 AGM | Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited | G93447111 | | | 11/7/2008 | 8 |
| | This is a duplicate meeting for ballots received via the Broadridge North American ballot distribution system | | | | | |
| 1 | THE AUDITORS REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2007 BE AND ARE HEREBY RECEIVED. | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 2 | RATIFY AUDITORS | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 3 | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BE AND ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE THE REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITORS TO THE COMPANY. | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 4 | DIDIER DELEPINE BE AND IS HEREBY ELECTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 5 | THOMAS DOSTER BE AND IS HEREBY ELECTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY | Mgmt | For | For | | |
| 6 | LUCY WOODS BE AND IS HEREBY ELECTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY | Mgmt | For | For | | |
Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to be have been voted Against management's recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' except where management has made no recommendation or has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain.'
Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item:
1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and
2) a ballot voted 'For" or 'Against' is considered to have been voted Against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.'
Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, the abbreviation "N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable recommendation compared to which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management.
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.
First Investors Income Funds
(Registrant)
By: /S/ KATHRYN S. HEAD
Kathryn S. Head
President and Principal Executive Officer
Date: August 20, 2009
