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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 811-00084
State Street Research Master Investment Trust
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2690
Richard S. Davis, CEO
One Financial Center, Boston MA 02111-2690
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 617-357-1200
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: 7/1/04 - 1/28/05
==================== STATE STREET RESEARCH INVESTMENT TRUST ====================
ITEM 1 PROXY VOTING RECORD
The fund's proxy voting record reported on this form is for the period July 1,
2004 through January 31, 2005, the date on which the fund reorganized with the
BlackRock Investment Trust Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds (the
"BlackRock Portfolio"). The proxy voting record of the BlackRock Portfolio for
the period July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 may be found on its Form N-PX
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on, or shortly before, August
31, 2005 (CIK # 0000844779, File No. 811-05742).
ACCENTURE LTD BERMUDA
Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1150G111
Meeting Date: FEB 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 6, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Joe W. Forehand For Did Not Management
Vote
1.2 Elect Director Blythe J. Mcgarvie For Did Not Management
Vote
1.3 Elect Director Sir Mark Moody-Stuart For Did Not Management
Vote
2 APPROVAL OF BYE-LAW AMENDMENTS TO For Did Not Management
RELOCATE INTO THE BYE-LAWS EXISTING Vote
CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO
CLASS A COMMON SHARES OF PARTNERS AND
FORMER PARTNERS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY
THEM PRIOR TO ACCENTURE S INITIAL PUBLIC
OFFERING.
3 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
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ASHLAND INC.
Ticker: ASH Security ID: 044204105
Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Bernadine P. Healy, M.D. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Kathleen Ligocki For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James J. O'Brien For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BED BATH & BEYOND INC.
Ticker: BBBY Security ID: 075896100
Meeting Date: JUL 1, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 5, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Warren Eisenberg For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Victoria A. Morrison For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Stanley Barshay For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Fran Stoller For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jordan Heller For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Glass Ceiling Against Against Shareholder
5 Adopt Retention Ratio for Executives Against Against Shareholder
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Ticker: CSCO Security ID: 17275R102
Meeting Date: NOV 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 20, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz For For Management
1.2 Elect Director M. Michele Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Larry R. Carter For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John T. Chambers For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Dr. James F. Gibbons For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Dr. John L. Hennessy For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James C. Morgan For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John P. Morgridge For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Donald T. Valentine For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Steven M. West For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Jerry Yang For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
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COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.
Ticker: CFC Security ID: 222372104
Meeting Date: AUG 17, 2004 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUL 9, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: BEN Security ID: 354613101
Meeting Date: JAN 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 30, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Harmon E. Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Charles Crocker For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert D. Joffe For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles B. Johnson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas H. Kean For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Chutta Ratnathicam For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Peter M. Sacerdote For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Louis E. Woodworth For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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LAM RESEARCH CORP.
Ticker: LRCX Security ID: 512807108
Meeting Date: NOV 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 10, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James W. Bagley For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David G. Arscott For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert M. Berdahl For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard J. Elkus, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jack R. Harris For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Grant M. Inman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MICROSOFT CORP.
Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104
Meeting Date: NOV 9, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 10, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William H. Gates III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James I. Cash Jr., Ph.D. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ann McLaughlin Korologos For For Management
1.6 Elect Director David F. Marquardt For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Dr. Helmut Panke For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jon A. Shirley For For Management
2 Amend Bundled Compensation Plans For For Management
3 Amend Bundled Compensation Plans For For Management
4 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MONSANTO CO.
Ticker: MON Security ID: 61166W101
Meeting Date: JAN 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John W. Bachmann For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William U. Parfet For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George H. Poste For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on Export of Hazardous Pesticides Against Against Shareholder
6 Adopt Human Rights Policy Against Against Shareholder
7 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
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NIKE, INC.
Ticker: NKE Security ID: 654106103
Meeting Date: SEP 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 26, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jill K. Conway For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alan B. Graf, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Jeanne P. Jackson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION, INC.
Ticker: NFB Security ID: 659424105
Meeting Date: AUG 31, 2004 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUL 23, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
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NOVARTIS AG
Ticker: NVS Security ID: 66987V109
Meeting Date: MAR 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 27, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE For For Management
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF NOVARTIS AG AND
THE GROUP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2004.
2 APPROVAL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD For For Management
OF DIRECTORS.
3 APPROPRIATION OF AVAILABLE EARNINGS OF For For Management
NOVARTIS AG AS PER BALANCE SHEET AND
DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND.
4 REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL. For For Management
5 FURTHER SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM. For For Management
6 RE-ELECTION OF DR. H.C. BIRGIT BREUEL FOR For For Management
A TWO-YEAR TERM.
7 RE-ELECTION OF PROF. DR. PETER BURCKHARDT For For Management
FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.
8 RE-ELECTION OF ALEXANDRE F. JETZER FOR A For For Management
THREE-YEAR TERM.
9 RE-ELECTION OF PIERRE LANDOLT FOR A THREE For For Management
YEAR TERM.
10 RE-ELECTION OF PROF. DR. ULRICH LEHNER For For Management
FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ORACLE CORP.
Ticker: ORCL Security ID: 68389X105
Meeting Date: OCT 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 2, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald L. Lucas For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jack F. Kemp For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Safra Catz For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Hector Garcia-Molina For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Joseph A. Grundfest For For Management
1.10 Elect Director H. Raymond Bingham For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Charles E. Phillips, Jr. For For Management
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Implement China Principles Against Against Shareholder
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PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Ticker: PG Security ID: 742718109
Meeting Date: OCT 12, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 30, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director R. Kerry Clark For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Joseph T. Gorman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ralph Snyderman, M.D. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert D. Storey For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Management
5 Implement/ Report on Animal Welfare Against Against Shareholder
Standards
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QUALCOMM INC.
Ticker: QCOM Security ID: 747525103
Meeting Date: MAR 8, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 7, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert E. Kahn For Did Not Management
Vote
1.2 Elect Director Duane A. Nelles For Did Not Management
Vote
1.3 Elect Director Brent Scowcroft For Did Not Management
Vote
2 Declassify the Board of Directors and For Did Not Management
Eliminate Cumulative Voting Vote
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For Did Not Management
Vote
4 Amend Articles For Did Not Management
Vote
5 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Ticker: TYC Security ID: 902124106
Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 10, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dennis C. Blair For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Edward D. Breen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George W. Buckley For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Brian Duperreault For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Bruce S. Gordon For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Rajiv L. Gupta For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John A. Krol For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Mackey J. Mcdonald For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director H. Carl Mccall For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Brendan R. O'Neill For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sandra S. Wijnberg For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Jerome B. York For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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VODAFONE GROUP PLC
Ticker: Security ID: 92857W100
Meeting Date: JUL 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 11, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS For For Management
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2 TO APPROVE THE REMUNERATION REPORT For For Management
3 TO RE-ELECT PETER BAMFORD AS A DIRECTOR For For Management
4 TO RE-ELECT JULIAN HORN-SMITH AS A For For Management
DIRECTOR
5 TO RE-ELECT SIR DAVID SCHOLEY AS A For For Management
DIRECTOR (MEMBER OF THE NOMINATIONS AND
GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE)
6 TO ELECT LUC VANDEVELDE AS A DIRECTOR For For Management
(MEMBER OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE)
7 TO APPROVE A FINAL DIVIDEND OF 1.07800 For For Management
PENCE PER ORDINARY SHARE
8 Ratify Auditors For For Management
9 TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO For For Management
DETERMINE THE AUDITORS REMUNERATION
10 TO AUTHORIZE DONATIONS UNDER THE For For Management
POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND
REFERENDUMS ACT 2000
11 TO RENEW AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES UNDER For For Management
ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION
12 TO RENEW AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY For For Management
PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 16.3 OF
THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION+
13 TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY S PURCHASE OF For For Management
ITS OWN SHARES+
14 TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY S PURCHASE OF For For Management
ITS OWN SHARES PURSUANT TO CONTINGENT
PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND OFF-MARKET
PURCHASES+
========== 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.
(Registrant) State Street Research Master Investment Trust
/s/ Richard S. Davis,
Chairman
Date August 22, 2005
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