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 811-05201
Thornburg Investment Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
119 East Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Garrett Thornburg, 119 East Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 505-984-0200
Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2006
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Thornburg Limited Term Municipal Fund
Thornburg California Limited Term Municipal Fund
Thornburg Limited Term U.S. Government Fund
Thornburg New Mexico Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg Limited Term Income Fund
Thornburg Value Fund
Thornburg Florida Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg New York Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg International Value Fund
Thornburg Core Growth Fund
Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund
======Thornburg Limited Term Municipal Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg California Limited Term Municipal Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg Limited Term U.S. Government Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg New Mexico Intermediate Municipal Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg Intermediate Municipal Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg Limited Term Income Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg Value Fund======
Proposed Our Agreed
Name Proposal Description By Vote with Mgt Comments
Petroleo Brasileiro *PBR* Sedol-CUSIP 71654V408 , 07/22/05
Special Meeting
1 APPROVAL OF THE 300% STOCK SPLIT OF COMPANY
SHARES, RESULTING IN THE DISTRIBUTION, AT NO
COST, OF 3 (THREE) NEW SHARES OF THE SAME
TYPE FOR 1 (ONE) SHARE HELD ON AUGUST 31, 2005,
AS SET FORTH IN THE COMPANY S NOTICE OF MEETING
ENCLOSED HEREWITH. Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL TO CHANGE ARTICLE 4 OF THE COMPANY S
BYLAWS IN LIGHT OF ITEM I, AS SET FORTH IN THE
COMPANY S NOTICE OF MEETING ENCLOSED HEREWITH. Mgmt For Yes
Leap Wireless International, Inc. *LEAP* Sedol-CUSIP 521863308 , 09/15/05
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James D. Dondero Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director John D. Harkey, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director S. Douglas Hutcheson Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Robert V. Lapenta Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Mark H. Rachesky Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Michael B. Targoff Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan Mgmt For Yes
Petroleo Brasileiro *PBR* Sedol-CUSIP 71654V408 , 08/30/05
Special Meeting
1 APPROVAL OF THE PROTOCOL AND JUSTIFICATION OF
THE OPERATION FOR THE PARTIAL AND DISPROPORTIONAL
SPINNING OFF OF DOWNSTREAM PARTICIPACOES LTDA AND
THE INCORPORATION OF THE DIVESTED PORTION BY
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS , DATED JULY
31, 2005 Mgmt For Yes
2 RATIFICATION AND NOMINATION OF THE SPECIALIZED
COMPANY FOR APPRAISING THE ASSETS TO BE SPUN OFF
AND SUBSEQUENTLY INCORPORATED Mgmt For Yes
3 APPROVAL OF THE VALUATION REPORT OF THE SPUN OFF
PORTION TO BE INCORPORATED BY PETROBRAS Mgmt For Yes
4 APPROVAL OF THE SPINNING OFF FOLLOWED BY
INCORPORATION OF THE ASSETS OF THE DIVESTED PART
OF THE COMPANY ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE IN THE
DOCUMENT TO WHICH ITEM 1 ABOVE REFERS Mgmt For Yes
5 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO PRACTICE
ALL NECESSARY ACTS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE ABOVE
ITEMS Mgmt For Yes
6 APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION OF JOSE SERGIO GABRIELLI
DE AZEVEDO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AS A MEMBER
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY Mgmt For Yes
Oracle Corp. *ORCL* Sedol-CUSIP 68389X105 , 10/10/05 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Donald L. Lucas Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Jack F. Kemp Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Safra A. Catz Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Hector Garcia-Molina Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Joseph A. Grundfest Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director H. Raymond Bingham Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes for
standing as an affiliated
outsider on the Audit and
Nominating committees.
1.11 Elect Director Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Cisco Systems, Inc. *CSCO* Sedol-CUSIP 17275R102 , 11/15/05
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director M. Michele Burns Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Larry R. Carter Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director John T. Chambers Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Dr. John L. Hennessy Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director James C. Morgan Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director John P. Morgridge Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Steven M. West Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Jerry Yang Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Stock Option Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Review/Limit Executive Compensation Shrhldr For No The proposal requests for
a portion of future awards
to executives to be
performance-based. The
company should be able to
identify appropriate
performance criteria and
clearly disclose the
associated performance
goals or hurdle rates to
the shareholders. Because
this proposal is not
overly restrictive and
allows the Compensation
Committee adequate
flexibility to attract and
retain qualified
employees, this item
warrants shareholder
support.
5 Report on Pay Disparity Shrhldr Abstain No
6 Report on Human Rights Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
Microsoft Corp. *MSFT* Sedol-CUSIP 594918104 , 11/09/05 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William H. Gates, III Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director James I. Cash Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Dina Dublon Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director A. Mclaughlin Korologos Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director David F. Marquardt Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Charles H. Noski Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Helmut Panke Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Jon A. Shirley Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Linens 'N' Things, Inc *LIN* Sedol-CUSIP 535679104 , 01/30/06
Special Meeting
1 Approve Merger Agreement Mgmt For Yes
2 Adjourn Meeting Mgmt For Yes
Health Management Associates, Inc. *HMA* Sedol-CUSIP 421933102 , 02/21/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William J. Schoen Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Joseph V. Vumbacco Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Kent P.Dauten Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Donald E. Kiernan Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Robert A. Knox Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director William E. Mayberry, M.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Vicki A. O'Meara Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Randolph W. Westerfield, Ph.D. Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Tyco International Ltd. *TYC* Sedol-CUSIP 902124106 , 03/09/06
Annual Meeting
1 SET THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DIRECTORS AT 12 Mgmt For Yes
2.1 Elect Director Dennis C. Blair Mgmt For Yes
2.2 Elect Director Edward D. Breen Mgmt For Yes
2.3 Elect Director Brian Duperreault Mgmt For Yes
2.4 Elect Director Bruce S. Gordon Mgmt For Yes
2.5 Elect Director Rajiv L. Gupta Mgmt For Yes
2.6 Elect Director John A. Krol Mgmt For Yes
2.7 Elect Director Mackey J. Mcdonald Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
McDonald for sitting on
more than three boards.
2.8 Elect Director H. Carl Mccall Mgmt For Yes
2.9 Elect Director Brendan R. O'Neill Mgmt For Yes
2.10 Elect Director Sandra S. Wijnberg Mgmt For Yes
2.11 Elect Director Jerome B. York Mgmt For Yes
3 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO
APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR TO FILL THE
VACANCY PROPOSED TO BE CREATED ON THE BOARD Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. *GS* Sedol-CUSIP 38141G104 , 03/31/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Lord Browne Ofmadingley Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director John H. Bryan Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Claes Dahlback Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Stephen Friedman Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director William W. George Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director James A. Johnson Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Edward M. Liddy Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Restricted Partner Compensation Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
General Electric Co. *GE* Sedol-CUSIP 369604103 , 04/26/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Sir William M. Castell Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Ann M. Fudge Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez Mgmt Withhold No
1.5 Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Andrea Jung Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Alan G. Lafley Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Robert W. Lane Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Sam Nunn Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Roger S. Penske Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Douglas A. Warner, III Mgmt For Yes
1.15 Elect Director Robert C. Wright Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr Against Yes
4 Adopt Policy on Overboarded Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
5 Company-Specific -- One Director from the Ranks
of the Retirees Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes
7 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of
Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
8 Report on Environmental Policies Shrhldr Against Yes
Schlumberger Ltd. *SLB* Sedol-CUSIP 806857108 , 04/12/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director J. Deutch Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director J.S. Gorelick Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director A. Gould Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director T. Isaac Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director A. Lajous Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director A. Levy-Lang Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director M.E. Marks Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director D. Primat Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director T.I. Sandvold Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director N. Seydoux Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director L.G. Stuntz Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director R. Talwar Mgmt For Yes
2 ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF FINANCIALS AND DIVIDENDS Mgmt For Yes
3 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION Mgmt For Yes
4 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE
SCHLUMBERGER 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN Mgmt For Yes
5 APPROVAL OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM Mgmt For Yes
Citigroup Inc. *C* Sedol-CUSIP 172967101 , 04/18/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director George David Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Kenneth T. Derr Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John M. Deutch Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Roberto Hernandez Ramirez Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Klaus Kleinfeld Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Dudley C. Mecum Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Charles Prince Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Dr. Judith Rodin Mgmt For Yes
1.15 Elect Director Robert E. Rubin Mgmt For Yes
1.16 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
6 End Issuance of Options and Prohibit Repricing Shrhldr Against Yes
7 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
8 Report on Charitable Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
9 Performance-Based Equity Awards Shrhldr For No This proposal provides for
a "significant portion" of
long-term equity
compensation to executives
be performance-based, it
is not overly restrictive
and does not limit the
board's ability to create
a competitive compensation
package for its senior
executives.
10 Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred by
Shareholder(s) Shrhldr Against Yes
11 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes
12 Clawback of Payments Under Restatement Shrhldr Against Yes
Johnson & Johnson *JNJ* Sedol-CUSIP 478160104 , 04/27/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Mary S. Coleman Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director James G. Cullen Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Darretta Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Michael M. E. Johns Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Ann D. Jordan Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Arnold G. Langbo Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Leo F. Mullin Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Christine A. Poon Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Charles Prince Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Steven S. Reinemund Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director David Satcher Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director William C. Weldon Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to Remove Antitakeover Provision Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Disclose Charitable Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of
Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
Pfizer Inc. *PFE* Sedol-CUSIP 717081103 , 04/27/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Brown Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Robert N. Burt Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director William H. Gray, III Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Constance J. Horner Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director William R. Howell Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Stanley O. Ikenberry Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director George A. Lorch Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
directors Mead and Lorch
as a signal that fresh
perspectives and new faces
are needed on this
compensation committee.
1.10 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
directors Mead and Lorch
as a signal that fresh
perspectives and new faces
are needed on this
compensation committee.
1.12 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
5 Social Proposal Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr For No Cumulative voting is one
of the corporate
governance tools that
provides shareholders
access and influence over
director elections. It
ensures that holders of a
significant number of
shares win board
representation.
7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr For No The principle of the
separation of the roles of
chairman and CEO as it is
a basic element of sound
corporate governance
practice.
8 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
9 Report on Animal Welfare Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
10 Reort on Animal-based Testing Shrhldr Abstain No
ALLTEL Corp. *AT* Sedol-CUSIP 020039103 , 04/20/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William H. Crown Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Joe T. Ford Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director John P. McConnell Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Josie C. Natori Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
The Bank Of New York Co., Inc. *BK* Sedol-CUSIP 064057102 ,
04/11/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassel Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director John C. Malone Mgmt Withhold No
1.8 Elect Director Paul Myners Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director William C. Richardson Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Brian l. Roberts Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Samuel C. Scott, III Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Richard C. Vaughan Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr For No Cumulative voting is one
of the corporate
governance tools that
provides shareholders
access and influence over
director elections. It
ensures that holders of a
significant number of
shares win board
representation. Under a
cumulative voting policy,
shareholders can withhold
votes from certain
nominees in order to cast
multiple votes for others.
Currently shareholders can
only cast one vote for
each nominee.
4 Reimbursement of Expenses of Opposition Candidates Shrhldr Against Yes
Motorola, Inc. *MOT* Sedol-CUSIP 620076109 ,
05/01/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director E. Zander Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director H.L. Fuller Mgmt Against No Vote AGAINST H. Laurence
Fuller for poor attendance.
1.3 Elect Director J. Lewent Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director T. Meredith Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director N. Negroponte Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director I. Nooyi Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director S. Scott, III Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director R. Sommer Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director J. Stengel Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director D. Warner, III Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director J. White Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director M. White Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Pill) to Shrhldr For No Because poison pills
Shareholder Vote greatly alter the balance
of power between
shareholders and
management, shareholders
should be allowed to make
their own evaluation of
such plans.
Chevron Corporation *CVX* Sedol-CUSIP 166764100 , 04/26/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Linnet F. Deily Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Robert E. Denham Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Eaton Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Sam Ginn Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Franklyn G. Jenifer Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Sam Nunn Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director David J. O'Reilly Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Donald B. Rice Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Peter J. Robertson Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Charles R. Shoemate Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Carl Ware Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Company-Specific-Reimbursement of Stockholder Shrhldr For No Because this binding
Proposal proposal provides for
reimbursement of expenses
only in cases where a
resolution is passed by
shareholders and adopted
for the benefit of the
company, vote FOR this
item.
4 Report on Environmental Impact of Drilling in
Sensitive Areas Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
6 Adopt an Animal Welfare Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
7 Adopt a Human Rights Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
8 Report on Remediation Expenses in Ecuador Shrhldr Abstain No
Zimmer Holdings Inc *ZMH* Sedol-CUSIP 98956P102 , 05/01/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Stuart M. Essig Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Augustus A. White, III, M.D., Ph.D. Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Shrhldr For No The ability to elect
directors is the single
most important use of the
shareholder franchise, and
all directors should be
accountable on an annual
basis. A classified board
can entrench management
and effectively preclude
most takeover bids or
proxy contests. Board
classification forces
dissidents and would-be
acquirers to negotiate
with the incumbent board,
which has the authority to
decide on offers without a
shareholder vote.
The Dow Chemical Company *DOW* Sedol-CUSIP 260543103 ,
05/11/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Jacqueline K. Barton Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director James A. Bell Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Geoffery E. Merszei Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director J. Pedro Reinhard Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Ruth G. Shaw Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Paul G. Stern Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Report on Remediation Policies in Bhopal Shrhldr Abstain No
4 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Evaluate Potential Links Between Company Products
and Asthma Shrhldr Abstain No
6 Report on Security of Chemical Facilities Shrhldr Abstain No
MBIA Inc. *MBI* Sedol-CUSIP 55262C100 , 05/04/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Joseph W. Brown Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director C. Edward Chaplin Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director David C. Clapp Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Gary C. Dunton Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Claire L. Gaudiani Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Daniel P. Kearney Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Laurence H. Meyer Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Debra J. Perry Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director John A. Rolls Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Jeffery W. Yabuki Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
NII Holdings, Inc. *NIHD* Sedol-CUSIP 62913F201 ,
04/26/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Carolyn Katz Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Donald E. Morgan Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director George A. Cope Mgmt For Yes
2 Increase Authorized Common Stock Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Adjourn Meeting Mgmt For Yes
The Charles Schwab Corp. *SCHW* Sedol-CUSIP 808513105 ,
05/18/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Nancy H. Bechtle Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director C. Preston Butcher Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Marjorie Magner Mgmt For Yes
2 Declassify the Board of Directors Mgmt For Yes
3 Report on Impact of Flat Tax Shrhldr Against Yes
4 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Shrhldr For No The board election process
Directors must ensure that
shareholdersa??
expressions of
dissatisfaction with the
performance of directors
have meaningful
consequences. A majority
vote standard transforms
the director election
process from a symbolic
gesture to a meaningful
voice for shareholders.
6 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Control) to Shrhldr For No A companya??s severance
shareholder Vote agreements should be
reasonable and not
excessive. To be effective
without creating distorted
incentives with respect to
management, severance
agreements must be
considerably less
attractive than continued
employment with the
company.
ConocoPhillips *COP* Sedol-CUSIP 20825C104 , 05/10/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Richard L. Armitage Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Auchinleck Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Harald J. Norvik Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director William K. Reilly Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Victoria J. Tschinkel Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Kathryn C. Turner Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Report Damage Resulting From Drilling Inside the
National Petroleum Reserve Shrhldr Abstain No
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Shrhldr For No The board election process
Directors must ensure that
shareholdersa??
expressions of
dissatisfaction with the
performance of directors
have meaningful
consequences. A majority
vote standard transforms
the director election
process from a symbolic
gesture to a meaningful
voice for shareholders.
5 Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans to Shrhldr For No Shareholders should ratify
Shareholder vote certain types of extraordinary
pension benefits beyond those
offered under employee-wide plans,
such as credit for years of
service not actually worked,
preferential benefit formulas,
and accelerated vesting of
pension benefits.
6 Report Accountability for Company's Environmental
Impacts due to Operation Shrhldr Abstain No
7 Non-Employee Director Compensation Shrhldr Against Yes
Cytyc Corporation *CYTC* Sedol-CUSIP 232946103 ,
05/02/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Sally W. Crawford Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Patrick J. Sullivan Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Wayne Wilson Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
American Tower Corp. *AMT* Sedol-CUSIP 029912201 , 05/11/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Raymond P. Dolan Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Carolyn F. Katz Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Gustavo Lara Cantu Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Fred R. Lummis Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Pamela D.A. Reeve Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director James D. Taiclet, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Samme L. Thompson Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Fisher Scientific International Inc. *FSH*
Sedol-CUSIP 338032204 , 05/05/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Paul M. Montrone Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Simon B. Rich Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Scott M. Sterling Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Target Corporation *TGT* Sedol-CUSIP 87612E106 , 05/17/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director George W. Tamke Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Solomon D. Trujillo Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Ulrich Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Report Political Contributions/Activities Shrhldr Abstain No
Caremark Rx, Inc. *CMX* Sedol-CUSIP 141705103 , 05/10/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director C. David Brown, II Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Harris Diamond Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Michael D. Ware Mgmt For Yes
2 Report Policies For Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
Southern Copper Corporation *PCU* Sedol-CUSIP 84265V105 ,
05/04/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Emilio Carrillo Gamboa Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
GermAin Larrea
Mota-Velasco, Oscar
GonzAilez Rocha, and
Xavier GarcAa de Quevedo
Topete for standing as
insiders on the
Compensation Committee and
for failure to establish a
majority independent
board. We recommend that
shareholders WITHHOLD
votes from Armando Ortega
GA(3)mez for standing as an
insider on the Nominating
Committee and for failure
to establish a majority
independent board. Also,
we recommend that
shareholders WITHHOLD
votes from J. Eduardo
GonzAilez FA(C)lix, Juan
Rebolledo Gout, Jaime
Fernando Collazo GonzAilez
and Genaro Larrea
Mota-Velasco for failure
to establish a majority
independent board. Lastly,
we recommend that
shareholders WITHHOLD
votes from Emilio Carrillo
Gamboa for sitting on more
than six boards.
1.2 Elect Director Jaime Fernando Collazo Gonzalez Mgmt Withhold No
1.3 Elect Director Xavier Garcia de Quevedo Topete Mgmt Withhold No
1.4 Elect Director Oscar Gonzalez Rocha Mgmt Withhold No
1.5 Elect Director J. Eduardo Gonzalez Felix Mgmt Withhold No
1.6 Elect Director Harold S. Handelsman Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director German Larrea Mota-Velasco Mgmt Withhold No
1.8 Elect Director Genaro Larrea Mota-Velasco Mgmt Withhold No
1.9 Elect Director Armando Ortega Gomez Mgmt Withhold No
1.10 Elect Director Juan Rebolledo Gout Mgmt Withhold No
1.11 Elect Director Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Carlos Ruiz Sacristan Mgmt For Yes
2 Require Advance Notice for Shareholder Mgmt Against No Shareholders should be
Proposals/Nominations able to submit proposals
as close to the meeting
date as reasonably
possible.
3 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine Mgmt For Yes
4 Amend Articles/Change in Control Mgmt For Yes
5 Adopt Supermajority Vote Requirement for Mgmt Against No A company should obtain
Amendments shareholder approval for
amending its by-laws.
Therefore, adoption of
this proposal would have
an adverse impact on
shareholders.
6 Increase Authorized Common Stock Mgmt For Yes
7 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Exxon Mobil Corp. *XOM* Sedol-CUSIP 30231G102 , 05/31/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director William W. George Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director James R. Houghton Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
William R. Howell, James
R. Houghton, Reatha Clark
King and Walter V. Shipley
for administering a poor
compensation practice.
1.4 Elect Director William R. Howell Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
William R. Howell, James
R. Houghton, Reatha Clark
King and Walter V. Shipley
for administering a poor
compensation practice.
1.5 Elect Director Reatha Clark King Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
William R. Howell, James
R. Houghton, Reatha Clark
King and Walter V. Shipley
for administering a poor
compensation practice.
1.6 Elect Director Philip E. Lippincott Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Marilyn Carlson Nelson Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
William R. Howell, James
R. Houghton, Reatha Clark
King and Walter V. Shipley
for administering a poor
compensation practice.
1.11 Elect Director J. Stephen Simon Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Rex W. Tillerson Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr For No Cumulative voting is an
important tool in the
protection of
shareholders' rights.
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Shrhldr For No The board election process
Directors must ensure that
shareholdersA(cent)??
expressions of
dissatisfaction with the
performance of directors
have meaningful
consequences. A majority
vote standard transforms
the director election
process from a symbolic
gesture to a meaningful
voice for shareholders.
5 Company-Specific-Nominate Independent Director
with Industry Experience Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Require Director Nominee Qualifications Shrhldr Against Yes
7 Non-Employee Director Compensation Shrhldr Against Yes
8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes Absent an offsetting
governance structure,
including a designated
lead director performing
all of the duties listed
above, we believe that a
company of this size
should be able to find a
qualified independent
chairman.
9 Review Executive Compensation Shrhldr Against Yes
10 Link Executive Compensation to Social Issues Shrhldr Abstain No
11 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
12 Report on Charitable Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
13 Amend Equal Employment Opportunity Policy to
Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual
Orientation Shrhldr Abstain No
14 Report on Damage Resulting from Drilling for Oil
and gas in Protected Areas Shrhldr Abstain No
15 Report Accountability for Company's Environmental
Impacts due to Operation Shrhldr Abstain No
Foot Locker Inc *FL* Sedol-CUSIP 344849104 , 05/24/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Alan D. Feldman Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Jarobin Gilbert, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director David Y. Schwartz Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Cheryl Nido Turpin Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Matthew M. McKenna Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan Mgmt For Yes
Eclipsys Corp. *ECLP* Sedol-CUSIP 278856109 , 05/10/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Steven A. Denning Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Jay B. Pieper Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Leap Wireless International, Inc. *LEAP*
Sedol-CUSIP 521863308 , 05/18/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James D. Dondero Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director John D. Harkey, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director S. Douglas Hutcheson Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Robert V. LaPenta Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Michael B. Targoff Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Wellpoint Inc *WLP* Sedol-CUSIP 94973V107 , 05/16/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Susan B. Bayh Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Julie A. Hill Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Ramiro G. Peru Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Google Inc *GOOG* Sedol-CUSIP 38259P508 , 05/11/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Eric Schmidt Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Sergey Brin Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Larry Page Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director L. John Doerr Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John L. Hennessy Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Ann Mather Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Michael Moritz Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Paul S. Otellini Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director K. Ram Shriram Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Shirley M. Tilghman Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt Against No Although the total cost of
the company's plans of
7.68 percent is within the
allowable cap for this
company of 9.13 percent,
the plan allows repricing
of underwater stock
options without
shareholder approval.
4 Company-Specific-Recapitalization Plan Shrhldr For No Simplified capital structures
where voting interests are
proportional to economic interests
are preferable to dual class
structures where management owns
supervoting stock.
Juniper Networks, Inc. *JNPR* Sedol-CUSIP 48203R104 , 05/18/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Scott Kriens Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Stratton Sclavos Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
Stratton Sclavos for
sitting on more than three
boards.
1.3 Elect Director William R. Stensrud Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. *SIRI* Sedol-CUSIP 82966U103 ,
05/23/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Leon D. Black Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Joseph P. Clayton Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Lawrence F. Gilberti Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director James P. Holden Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Mel Karmazin Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Warren N. Lieberfarb Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Michael J. McGuiness Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director James F. Mooney Mgmt For Yes
The DirecTV Group, Inc *DTV* Sedol-CUSIP 25459L106 , 06/06/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Chase Carey Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Peter F. Chernin Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Peter A. Lund Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Haim Saban Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. *XMSR*
Sedol-CUSIP 983759101 , 05/26/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Gary M. Parsons Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Hugh Panero Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Nathaniel A. Davis Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Donohue Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Eddy W. Hartenstein Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director George W. Haywood Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Chester A. Huber, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director John Mendel Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from John
Mendel for poor attendance.
1.9 Elect Director Jarl Mohn Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Jack Shaw Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Jeffrey D. Zients Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP *LVS* Sedol-CUSIP 517834107 , 06/07/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William P. Weidner Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Michael A. Leven Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
======Thornburg Florida Intermediate Municipal Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg New York Intermediate Municipal Fund ======
There were no proxies voted in relation to the securities held in the fund's
portfolio.
======Thornburg International Value Fund ======
Proposed Our Agreed
Name Proposal Description By Vote with Mgt Comments
Vodafone Group PLC *VOD* Sedol-CUSIP 92857W100 , 07/26/05
Annual Meeting
1 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Mgmt For Yes
2.1 Elect Director Lord Maclaurin Mgmt For Yes
2.2 Elect Director Paul Hazen Mgmt For Yes
2.3 Elect Director Arun Sarin Mgmt For Yes
2.4 Elect Director Sir Julian Horn-Smith Mgmt For Yes
2.5 Elect Director Peter Bamford Mgmt For Yes
2.6 Elect Director Thomas Geitner Mgmt For Yes
2.7 Elect Director Dr Michael Boskin Mgmt For Yes
2.8 Elect Director Lord Broers Mgmt For Yes
2.9 Elect Director John Buchanan Mgmt For Yes
2.10 Elect Director Penny Hughes Mgmt For Yes
2.11 Elect Director Prof. Jurgen Schrempp Mgmt For Yes
2.12 Elect Director Luc Vandevelde Mgmt For Yes
2.13 Elect Director Sir John Bond Mgmt For Yes
2.14 Elect Director Andrew Halford Mgmt For Yes
3 TO APPROVE A FINAL DIVIDEND OF 2.16P PER ORDINARY
SHARE Mgmt For Yes
4 TO APPROVE THE REMUNERATION REPORT Mgmt For Yes
5 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
6 TO AUTHORISE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE
AUDITORS REMUNERATION Mgmt For Yes
7 TO AUTHORISE DONATIONS UNDER THE POLITICAL
PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS ACT 2000 Mgmt For Yes
8 TO RENEW AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES UNDER ARTICLE
16.2 OF THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION Mgmt For Yes
9 TO RENEW AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS
UNDER ARTICLE 16.3 OF THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION Mgmt For Yes
10 TO AUTHORISE THE COMPANY S PURCHASE OF ITS OWN
SHARES (SECTION 166, COMPANIES ACT 1985) Mgmt For Yes
11 TO APPROVE CHANGES TO THE COMPANY S MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION Mgmt For Yes
12 TO APPROVE THE VODAFONE GLOBAL INCENTIVE PLAN Mgmt For Yes
Petroleo Brasileiro *PBR* Sedol-CUSIP 71654V408 , 07/22/05
Special Meeting
1 APPROVAL OF THE 300% STOCK SPLIT OF COMPANY SHARES,
RESULTING IN THE DISTRIBUTION, AT NO COST, OF 3
(THREE) NEW SHARES OF THE SAME TYPE FOR 1 (ONE)
SHARE HELD ON AUGUST 31, 2005, AS SET FORTH IN
THE COMPANY S NOTICE OF MEETING ENCLOSED
HEREWITH. Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL TO CHANGE ARTICLE 4 OF THE COMPANY S
BYLAWS IN LIGHT OF ITEM I, AS SET FORTH IN THE
COMPANY S NOTICE OF MEETING ENCLOSED HEREWITH. Mgmt For Yes
1 APPROVAL OF THE PROTOCOL AND JUSTIFICATION OF
THE OPERATION FOR THE PARTIAL AND DISPROPORTIONAL
SPINNING OFF OF DOWNSTREAM PARTICIPACOES LTDA AND
THE INCORPORATION OF THE DIVESTED PORTION BY
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS , DATED JULY
31, 2005 Mgmt For Yes
2 RATIFICATION AND NOMINATION OF THE SPECIALIZED
COMPANY FOR APPRAISING THE ASSETS TO BE SPUN OFF
AND SUBSEQUENTLY INCORPORATED Mgmt For Yes
3 APPROVAL OF THE VALUATION REPORT OF THE SPUN OFF
PORTION TO BE INCORPORATED BY PETROBRAS Mgmt For Yes
4 APPROVAL OF THE SPINNING OFF FOLLOWED BY
INCORPORATION OF THE ASSETS OF THE DIVESTED PART
OF THE COMPANY ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE IN THE
DOCUMENT TO WHICH ITEM 1 ABOVE REFERS Mgmt For Yes
5 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO PRACTICE
ALL NECESSARY ACTS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE ABOVE
ITEMS Mgmt For Yes
6 APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION OF JOSE SERGIO GABRIELLI
DE AZEVEDO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AS A MEMBER
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY Mgmt For Yes
Check Point Software Technologies Inc *CHKP*
Sedol-CUSIP M22465104 , 09/27/05 Annual Meeting
1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (OTHER THAN OUTSIDE
DIRECTORS): GIL SHWED, MARIUS NACHT, JERRY
UNGERMAN, DAVID RUBNER, TAL SHAVIT. Mgmt For Yes
2 TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF
CHECK POINT S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. Mgmt For Yes
3 TO RATIFY AND APPROVE CHECK POINT S NEW EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLANS. Mgmt Against No
4 TO RATIFY AND APPROVE AN EXTENSION OF CHECK POINT
S 1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN. Mgmt For Yes
5 TO AMEND CHECK POINT S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
REGARDING INSURANCE, INDEMNIFICATION AND
EXCULPATION. Mgmt For Yes
6 TO APPROVE CORRESPONDING AMENDMENTS TO THE
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF CHECK
POINT S DIRECTORS. Mgmt For Yes
7 TO AMEND CHECK POINT S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS. Mgmt For Yes 8 TO APPROVE COMPENSATION
TO CERTAIN EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS WHO ARE ALSO BOARD MEMBERS. Mgmt Against No
9 TO APPROVE CASH COMPENSATION OF CHECK POINT S
DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES. Mgmt For Yes
10 I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN ITEM 5 PLEASE
MARK FOR IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST Mgmt Against No
11 I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN ITEM 6 PLEASE
MARK FOR IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST Mgmt Against No
12 I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN ITEM 8 PLEASE
MARK FOR IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST Mgmt Against No
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries *TEVA*
Sedol-CUSIP 881624209, 10/27/05 Special Meeting
1 TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF ORDINARY SHARES OF
TEVA, PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER,
DATED JULY 25, 2005, BY AND AMONG IVAX CORPORATION,
TEVA AND TWO WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF TEVA,
IVORY ACQUISITION SUB, INC.
AND IVORY ACQUISITION SUB II Mgmt For Yes
Amdocs Limited *DOX* Sedol-CUSIP G02602103 , 01/19/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Bruce K. Anderson Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Adrian Gardner Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Charles E. Foster Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director James S. Kahan Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Dov Baharav Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Julian A. Brodsky Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Eli Gelman Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Nehemia Lemelbaum Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director John T. Mclennan Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Robert A. Minicucci Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Simon Olswang Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Mario Segal Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF THE 1998 STOCK OPTION AND
INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES
AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER, TO CONTINUE
THE TERM OF THE PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10-YEAR
TERM AND TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANY Mgmt For Yes
3 APPROVAL OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO PERMIT DIRECT
REPURCHASE BY THE COMPANY OF UNVESTED SHARES OF
RESTRICTED STOCK GRANTED UNDER THE 1998 STOCK
OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN UPON TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. Mgmt For Yes
4 APPROVAL OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2005. Mgmt For Yes
5 RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
AND AUTHORIZATION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE OF BOARD TO
FIX REMUNERATION. Mgmt For Yes
Novartis AG *NVS* Sedol-CUSIP 66987V109 , 02/28/06
Annual Meeting
1 APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS OF NOVARTIS AG AND THE GROUP
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
2005. Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. Mgmt For Yes 3 APPROPRIATION OF
AVAILABLE EARNINGS OF NOVARTIS
AG AS PER BALANCE SHEET AND DECLARATION OF
DIVIDEND. Mgmt For Yes
4 REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL. Mgmt For Yes
5 AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. Mgmt For Yes
6 RE-ELECTION OF PROF. SRIKANT M. DATAR PH.D. FOR A
THREE-YEAR TERM. Mgmt For Yes
7 RE-ELECTION OF WILLIAM W. GEORGE FOR A THREE-YEAR
TERM. Mgmt For Yes 8 RE-ELECTION OF DR.-ING.
WENDELIN WIEDEKING FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. Mgmt For Yes
9 RE-ELECTION OF PROF. ROLF M. ZINKERNAGEL M.D. FOR
A THREE-YEAR TERM. Mgmt For Yes
10 THE ELECTION OF ANDREAS VON PLANTA PH.D. FOR A
THREE-YEAR TERM. Mgmt For Yes
11 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Schlumberger Ltd. *SLB* Sedol-CUSIP 806857108,
04/12/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director J. Deutch Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director J.S. Gorelick Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director A. Gould Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director T. Isaac Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director A. Lajous Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director A. Levy-Lang Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director M.E. Marks Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director D. Primat Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director T.I. Sandvold Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director N. Seydoux Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director L.G. Stuntz Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director R. Talwar Mgmt For Yes
2 ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF FINANCIALS AND DIVIDENDS Mgmt For Yes
3 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION Mgmt For Yes
4 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE
SCHLUMBERGER 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN Mgmt For Yes
5 APPROVAL OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM Mgmt For Yes
BP PLC (Form. Bp Amoco Plc ) *BP* Sedol-CUSIP 55622104, 04/20/06
Annual Meeting
1 TO RECEIVE THE DIRECTORS ANNUAL REPORT AND THE
ACCOUNTS Mgmt For Yes
2 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION REPORT Mgmt For Yes
3.1 Elect Director Dr D C Allen Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Lord Browne Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mr J H Bryan Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mr A Burgmans Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mr I C Conn Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mr E B Davis, Jr Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mr D J Flint Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Dr B E Grote Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Dr A B Hayward Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Dr D S Julius Mgmt For Yes
3.11 Elect Director Sir Tom Mckillop Mgmt For Yes
3.12 Elect Director Mr J A Manzoni Mgmt For Yes
3.13 Elect Director Dr W E Massey Mgmt For Yes
3.14 Elect Director Sir Ian Prosser Mgmt For Yes
3.15 Elect Director Mr M H Wilson Mgmt For Yes
3.16 Elect Director Mr P D Sutherland Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
5 SPECIAL RESOLUTION: TO GIVE LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR
THE PURCHASE OF ITS OWN SHARES BY THE COMPANY Mgmt For Yes
6 TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES UP TO A
SPECIFIED AMOUNT Mgmt For Yes
7 SPECIAL RESOLUTION: TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO ALLOT A
LIMITED NUMBER OF SHARES FOR CASH WITHOUT MAKING
AN OFFER TO SHAREHOLDERS Mgmt For Yes
Embraer, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica *ERJ*
Sedol-CUSIP 29081M102 , 03/31/06 Special Meeting
1 APPOINTMENT OF THE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PREPARATION OF THE VALUATION REPORTS OF THE
COMPANY AND OF RIO HAN TO WIT: I) VALUATION OF
THE SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY VALUE; II) VALUATION
BASED ON THE COMPANY S AND RIO HAN S RESPECTIVE
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY; Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL OF THE VALUATION REPORTS PREPARED BY THE
COMPANIES REFERRED TO IN ITEM 1 ABOVE. Mgmt For Yes
3 APPROVAL OF THE PROTOCOL AND JUSTIFICATION OF
MERGER OF EMBRAER WITH AND INTO RIO HAN AND ALL
EXHIBITS THERETO (MERGER AGREEMENT ), WHICH WAS
PREPARED AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLES 224 AND 225 OF
LAW NO. 6,404/76 AND OF INSTRUCTION CVM NO.
319/99 AND WHICH C Mgmt For Yes
4 APPROVAL OF THE MERGER OF THE COMPANY WITH AND
INTO RIO HAN, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
PROTOCOL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS. Mgmt For Yes
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries *TEVA*
Sedol-CUSIP 881624209, 05/04/06 Annual Meeting
1 TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE COMPANY S CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND THE
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR
THEN ENDED. Mgmt For Yes
2 TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE CASH DIVIDEND FOR THE YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2005 BE DECLARED FINAL. Mgmt For Yes
3 TO APPOINT PROF. GABRIELA SHALEV AS A STATUTORY
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR FOR AN ADDITIONAL TERM OF
THREE YEARS. Mgmt For Yes
4 TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR TO SERVE FOR A
THREE-YEAR TERM: DR. PHILLIP FROST Mgmt For Yes
5 TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR TO SERVE FOR A
THREE-YEAR TERM: CARLO SALVI Mgmt For Yes
6 TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR TO SERVE FOR A
THREE-YEAR TERM: DAVID SHAMIR Mgmt For Yes
7 TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF DIRECTOR S AND OFFICER
S LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THE DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY. Mgmt Against No
8 TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 60(E) OF THE
COMPANY S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. Mgmt For Yes
9 TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE REMUNERATION PAID
TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY (OTHER THAN THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD). Mgmt For Yes
10 TO APPOINT KESSELMAN & KESSELMAN, AS THE
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND
DETERMINE THEIR COMPENSATION. Mgmt For Yes
Adidas-Salomon Ag *ADS_GR* Sedol-CUSIP D0066B102 , 05/11/06
Annual Meeting
1 Receive Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt None Yes
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.30 per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt For Yes
5 Change Company Name to Adidas AG Mgmt For Yes
6 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration
for Shareholder Meetings due to New German
Legislation (Law on Company Integrity and
Modernization of the Right of Avoidance) Mgmt For Yes
7 Approve EUR 73.2 Million Capitalization of
Reserves; Approve 1:4 Stock Split Mgmt For Yes
8 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in Capital Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Creation of EUR 20 Million Pool of
Capital with Preemptive Rights Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or
Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of EUR 1.5 Billion with Preemptive
Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 20 Million Pool
of Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights Mgmt For Yes
11 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance
of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
12 Amend Articles Re: Responsibilites of the
Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
13 Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as
Auditors for Fiscal 2006 Mgmt For Yes
Bank of Ireland Group *BKIR_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G49374146 , 07/06/05
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Final Dividends Mgmt For Yes
3.1 Elect Paul Haran as Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2a Re-elect Richard Burrows as Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2b Re-elect Brian Goggin as Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2c Re-elect Dennis O'Brien as Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2d Re-elect John O'Donovan as Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2e Re-elect Mary Redmond as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
5 Authorize up to 95,732,060 Ordinary Stock Units
and 1,876,090 Sterling Preference Stock Units and
3,026,598 Euro Preference Stock Units for Share
Repurchase Program Mgmt For Yes
6 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
7 Authorize Board to Allot Up to EUR 30,900,000 in
Equity Securities for Cash without Preemptive
Rights Mgmt For Yes
8 Authorize Board to Allot Equity Securities
Representing 15 Percent of the Issued Share
Capital, without Preemptive Rights, For Purposes
Other Than Cash Mgmt For Yes
9 Amend Company Bye-Laws Re: Preference Stock Mgmt For Yes
BURBERRY GROUP PLC *BRBY_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G1699R107 , 07/14/05
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Final Dividend of 4.5 Pence Per Ordinary
Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Elect Brian Blake as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Re-elect Rose Bravo as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Re-elect Philip Bowman as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt For Yes
8 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of the
Auditors Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorise the Company to Make EU Political
Organisation Donations and to Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP
25,000 Mgmt For Yes
10 Authorise Burberry Limited to Make EU Political
Organisation Donations and to Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP
25,000 Mgmt For Yes
11 Authorise 48,224,669 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
12 Authorise the Company to Repurchase 48,224,669
Ordinary Shares from GUS plc in Accordance with
the Terms of Agreement Mgmt For Yes
13 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 80,372 Mgmt For Yes
14 Renew the Authority Conferred on Directors to
Allot Shares for Cash in Connection with a Rights
Issue without Offering Those Shares Pro Rata to
Existing Shareholders Mgmt For Yes
15 Authorise Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights Otherwise
than in Connection with a Rights Issue up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 12,056 Mgmt For Yes
16 Amend Articles of Association Re: Electronic
Proxy Voting Service Mgmt For Yes
Hero Honda Motors Ltd. *HH_IN* Sedol-CUSIP Y3179Z146 , 08/22/05
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Dividends of INR 20 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Reappoint O.P. Munjal as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Reappoint N.N. Vohra as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Retirement of S.P. Virmani Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve A.F. Ferguson & Co. as Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
7 Appoint A. Singh as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Appoint P. Singh as Director Mgmt For Yes
9 Appoint S. Bhartia as Director Mgmt For Yes
10 Appoint V.L. Kelkar as Director Mgmt For Yes
11 Approve Appointment and Remuneration of M.
Yamamoto, Jt. Managing Director Mgmt For Yes
12 Approve Appointment and Remuneration of T.
Eguchi, Executive Director Mgmt For Yes
13 Appoint M. Sudo as Director Mgmt For Yes
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. *ST_SP"
Sedol-CUSIP Y79985175 , 07/29/05 Annual Meeting
1 Adopt Financial Statements and Directors' and
Auditors' Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Declare First and Final Dividend of SGD 0.08 Per
Share and Special Dividend of SGD 0.05 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Reelect Heng Swee Keat as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Reelect Simon Israel as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Reelect Tommy Koh as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Reelect Nicky Tan Ng Kuang as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Approve Directors' Fees of SGD 1.2 Million for
the Year Ended March 31, 2005 (2004: SGD 1.1
Million) Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Issuance of Shares without Preemptive
Rights Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve Issuance of Shares and Grant of Options
Pursuant to the Singapore Telecom Share Option
Scheme 1999 Mgmt For Yes
11 Approve Issuance of Shares and Grant of Awards
Pursuant to the SingTel Performance Share Plan Mgmt For Yes
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. *ST_SP*
Sedol-CUSIP Y79985175 , 07/29/05 Special Meeting
1 Approve Participation by the Relevant Person in
the SingTel Performance Share Plan Mgmt For Yes
2 Authorize Share Repurchase Program Mgmt For Yes
ICICI BANK *IBN* Sedol-CUSIP Y38575109 , 08/20/05
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Dividends on Preference Shares Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Dividends of INR 8.5 Per Common Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Reappoint N. Vaghul as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Reappoint A. Puri as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Reappoint M.K. Sharma as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Reappoint M.G. Subrahmanyam as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve S.R. Batliboi & Co. as Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorize Board to Appoint Branch Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
10 Appoint T.S. Vijayan as Director Mgmt For Yes
11 Appoint S. Iyengar as Director Mgmt For Yes
12 Approve Reappointment and Remuneration of K.V.
Kamath, Managing Director Mgmt For Yes
13 Approve Reappointment and Remuneration of K.
Morparia, Executive Director Mgmt For Yes
14 Approve Reappointment Remuneration of C.D.
Kochhar, Executive Director Mgmt For Yes
15 Approve Reappointment and Remuneration of N. Mor,
Executive Director Mgmt For Yes
16 Approve Payment of Sitting Fees to Nonexecutive
Directors Mgmt For Yes
17 Amend Articles of Association Re:
Reclassification of Authorized Share Capital Mgmt Against No
18 Approve Issuance of 55 Million Preference Shares Mgmt Against No
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. *386_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y15010104 , 09/19/05 Special Meeting
1 Approve Issue of Short-Term Commercial Paper of a
Total Principal Amount of Up to 10 Percent of Net
Assets Value and Maximum Amount Approved by the
Peoples Bank of China and Authorize Board to
Determine Matters in Relation to Such Issuance Mgmt For Yes
Deutsche Boerse AG *DB1_GR* Sedol-CUSIP D1882G119 , 05/24/06
Annual Meeting
1 Receive Financial Statements and Statutory
Reports for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt None Yes
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
2.10 per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt For Yes
5.1 Elect David Andrews to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.2 Elect Udo Behrenwaldt to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.3 Elect Richard Berliand to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.4 Elect Manfred Gentz to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.5 Elect Richard Hayden to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.6 Elect Craig Heimark to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.7 Elect Hermann-Josef Lamberti to the Supervisory
Board Mgmt For Yes
5.8 Elect Friedrich Merz to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.9 Elect Friedrich von Metzler to the Supervisory
Board Mgmt For Yes
5.10 Elect Alessandro Profumo to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.11 Elect Gerhard Roggemann to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.12 Elect Erhard Schipporeit to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.13 Elect Kurt Viermetz to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5.14 Elect Herbert Walter to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Creation of EUR 5.2 Million Pool of
Capital without Preemptive Rights (Authorized
Capital I) Mgmt For Yes
7 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance
of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
8 Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board Composition
and Tenure Mgmt For Yes
9 Amend Articles Re: Calling of Shareholder
Meetings due to New German Legislation (Law on
Company Integrity and Modernization of the Right
of Avoidance) Mgmt For Yes
10 Amend Articles Re: Conducting of Shareholder
Meetings due to New German Legislation (Law on
Company Integrity and Modernization of the Right
of Avoidance) Mgmt For Yes
11 Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as
Auditors for Fiscal 2006 Mgmt For Yes
ICICI BANK *IBN* Sedol-CUSIP Y38575109 , 11/16/05
Special Meeting
1 Approve Issuance of 200 Million Equity or
Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights Mgmt Against No
UBS AG *UBSN_VX* Sedol-CUSIP H8920M855 , 04/19/06
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of CHF
3.20 per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior Management Mgmt For Yes
4.1.1 Reelect Rolf Meyer as Director Mgmt For Yes
4.1.2 Reelect Ernesto Bertarelli as Director Mgmt For Yes
4.2.1 Elect Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler as Director Mgmt For Yes
4.2.2 Elect Joerg Wolle as Director Mgmt For Yes
4.3 Ratify Ernst & Young Ltd. as Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4.4 Ratify BDO Visura as Special Auditors Mgmt For Yes
5.1 Approve CHF 29.7 Million Reduction in Share
Capital via Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
5.2 Authorize Repurchase of Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
5.3 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via Capital
Repayment of CHF 0.60 per Share Mgmt For Yes
5.4 Approve 2:1 Stock Split Mgmt For Yes
5.5.1 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in Capital Mgmt For Yes
5.5.2 Amend Articles Re: Capital Holding Requirement
for Submitting Shareholder Proposals Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Creation of CHF 15 Million Pool of
Capital without Preemptive Rights to Service
Existing Stock Option Plan Mgmt Against No
France Telecom SA *FTE_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F4113C103 ,
04/21/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Discharge
Directors Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt For Yes
5 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
6 Amend Articles of Association Re: Attend Board
Meetings by Way of Videoconference and of
Telecommunication Mgmt For Yes
7 Amend Articles of Association Re: General Meeting
Quorums Mgmt For Yes
8 Authorize Capital Increase of up to EUR 200
Million to Participants of Orange S.A. Stock
Option Plan in Connection with France Telecom
Liquidity Agreement Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Restricted Stock Plan for Orange S.A.
Option Holders Mgmt Against No
10 Approve Employee Savings-Related Share Purchase
Plan Mgmt Against No
11 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
12 Authorize up to One Percent of Issued Capital for
Use in Restricted Stock Plan Mgmt Against No
13 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt For Yes
L'air Liquide *AI_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F01764103 , 05/10/06
Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Dividends of EUR 3.85 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
5 Elect Beatrice Majnoni d'Intignano as Supervisory
Board Member or as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Elect Paul Skinner as Supervisory Board Member or
as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt Against No
8 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorize Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of EUR 250 Million Mgmt For Yes
10 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of Up to EUR
250 Million for Bonus Issue or Increase in Par
Value Mgmt For Yes
11 Approve Employee Savings-Related Share Purchase
Plan Mgmt For Yes
12 Amend Articles of Association Re: Shareholding
Disclosure Threshold Mgmt For Yes
13 Adopt Unitary Board Structure, Adopt New Articles
of Association Accordingly, and Acknowledge
Transfer of Authorities Granted to Supervisory
Board from Supervisory Board to Board of Directors Mgmt For Yes
14 Elect Benoit Potier as Director Mgmt For Yes
15 Elect Alain Joly as Director Mgmt For Yes
16 Elect Edouard de Royere as Director Mgmt For Yes
17 Elect Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones as Director Mgmt For Yes
18 Elect Thierry Desmarest as Director Mgmt For Yes
19 Elect Gerard de la Martiniere as Director Mgmt For Yes
20 Elect Cornelis van Lede as Director Mgmt For Yes
21 Elect Rolf Krebs as Director Mgmt For Yes
22 Elect Thierry Peugeot as Director Mgmt For Yes
23 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the
Aggregate Amount of EUR 550,000 Mgmt For Yes
24 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt For Yes
Givaudan SA *GIVN_VX* Sedol-CUSIP H3238Q102 , 04/07/06
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior Management Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of CHF
17.60 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve CHF 2 Million Reduction in Share Capital
Through Cancellation of 200,000 Registered Shares Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Creation of CHF 10 Million Pool of
Capital with Preemptive Rights Mgmt For Yes
6.1 Reelect Andre Hoffmann as Director Mgmt For Yes
6.2 Reelect John Marthineen as Director Mgmt For Yes
6.3 Reelect Juerg Witmer as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers SA as Auditors Mgmt For Yes
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. Ltd. *144_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y1489Q103 , 01/25/06 Special Meeting
1 Approve Acquisition by the Company from Super
Talent Group Ltd. of the Entire Issued Capital of
Treasure Group Investments Ltd. and All
Shareholder Loans; and Issue of Consideration
Shares Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Increase in Authorized Capital from
HK$300.0 Million to HK$500.0 Million by the
Addition of HK$200.0 Million Divided into 2.0
Billion Shares of HK$0.10 Each Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Connected Transactions Mgmt For Yes
Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton *MC_FP*
Sedol-CUSIP F58485115 , 05/11/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Financial Statements and Discharge
Directors Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt Against No
4 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.15 per Share Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Standard Accounting Transfers Mgmt For Yes
6 Reelect Antoine Bernheim as Director Mgmt Against No
7 Reelect Albert Frere as Director Mgmt Against No
8 Reelect Pierre Gode as Director Mgmt Against No
9 Reelect Arnaud Lagardere as Director Mgmt Against No
10 Reelect Lord Powell of Bayswater as Director Mgmt Against No
11 Elect Antoine Arnault as Director Mgmt Against No
12 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
13 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
14 Approve Issuance of of up to EUR 30 Million for
Qualified Investors Mgmt For Yes
15 Approve Stock Option Plans Grants Mgmt Against No
16 Approve Employee Savings-Related Share Purchase
Plan Mgmt For Yes
17 Amend Articles of Association to Reflect Legal
Changes and Modify Directors'Age Limit Mgmt For Yes
Hyundai Motor Co. *005380_HS*
Sedol-CUSIP Y38472109 , 03/10/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Appropriation of Income and Dividend of
KRW 1250 Per Common Share Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles of Incorporation to Expand
Business Objectives, to Require Shareholder
Approval on Stock Option Issuance, and to Lower
Minimum Number of Directors on Board Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Executive Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Elect Members of Audit Committee Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Limit on Remuneration of Directors Mgmt For Yes
SOGECABLE SA *SGC_SM* Sedol-CUSIP E8900A114 , 03/02/06 Special
Meeting
1 Report Re: Public Stock Acquisition Offer on
Behalf of Promotora de Informaciones, SA to
purchase Sogecable, SA Shares Mgmt For Yes
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. *005930_KS*
Sedol-CUSIP Y74718100 , 02/28/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Appropriation of
Income, with a Final Dividend of KRW 5000 Per
Common Share Mgmt For Yes
2.1 Elect Independent Non-Executive Directors Mgmt For Yes
2.2 Elect Executive Directors Mgmt For Yes
2.3 Elect Members of Audit Committee Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Limit on Remuneration of Directors Mgmt For Yes
Kookmin Bank *060000_HS* Sedol-CUSIP Y4822W100 , 03/24/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Appropriation of Income and Dividend of
KRW 550 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles of Incorporation to Require
Shareholder Approval on Stock Option Issuances,
to Require Minimum Five Independent Non-Executive
Directors, to Set Terms of Directors, to Create
Sub-Committee, and to Allow Quarterly Dividends Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Directors Mgmt For Yes
4 Elect Members of Audit Committee Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Previous Stock Option Grants Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Stock Option Grants Mgmt For Yes
Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (frmrly. Cifra S.A.) *WALMEXV_MM*
Sedol-CUSIP P98180105 , 02/28/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Chairman's Report Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Audit Committe's Report Mgmt For Yes
3 Accept Supervisory Board Report Mgmt For Yes
4 Accept Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended
December 2005 Mgmt For Yes
5 Present Report on the Share Repurchase Reserves Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Cancellation of 201.5 Million Company
Treasury Shares Mgmt For Yes
7 Approve Modifications to Article 5 in the Bylaws
Re: Changes in Variable and Fixed Capital Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Allocation of Income Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Dividend of MXN 0.38 per Share or Stock
Calculated as of March 22, 2006 Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve MXN 3.28 Million Variable Capital
Increase Through Issuance of 164.3 Million Common
Shares To Be Paid Back as Dividends at MXN 20 per
Share Mgmt For Yes
11 Accept Report Re: Employee Stock Purchase Plan Mgmt Against No
12 Accept Report Re: Wal-Mart de Mexico Foundation Mgmt For Yes
13 Approve Discharge of the Board of Directors Mgmt For Yes
14 Elect or Ratify Members of the Board of Directors
and Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
15 Approve Minutes of Meeting Mgmt For Yes
JCDECAUX SA *DEC_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F5333N100 , 05/10/06
Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
0.40 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Non-Tax Deductible Expenses Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Transaction with a Related Party:
Severance Payment for Gerard Degonse Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Transaction with a Related Party:
Adjustment of Pension Fund Terms for Jeremy Male Mgmt For Yes
7 Approve Transaction with a Related Party:
Abandons Claims Under Bond Loan for the Benefit
of JCDecaux Do Brasil for Up to EUR 2 Million Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Transaction with a Related Party:
Abandons Claims Under Bond Loan for the Benefit
of JCDecaux Do Brasil for Up to EUR 400,000 Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Transaction with a Related Party:
Abandons Claims Under Bond Loan for the Benefit
of IP Decaux for Up to EUR 2.2 Million Mgmt For Yes
10 Reelect Jean-Claude Decaux as Supervisory Board
Member Mgmt For Yes
11 Reelect Jean-Pierre Decaux as Supervisory Board
Member Mgmt For Yes
12 Reelect Pierre-Alain Pariente as Supervisory
Board Member Mgmt For Yes
13 Reelect Xavier de Sarrau as Supervisory Board
Member Mgmt For Yes
14 Reelect Christian Blanc as Supervisory Board
Member Mgmt For Yes
15 Retirement of Lothar Spath as Director
(Non-contentious) Mgmt For Yes
16 Ratify Barbier Frinault & Autres as Auditors Mgmt For Yes
17 Ratify KPMG SA as Auditors Mgmt For Yes
18 Elect SCP Jean-Claude Andre & Autres as Alternate
Auditor Mgmt For Yes
19 Elect Auditex as Alternate Auditor Mgmt For Yes
20 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
21 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
22 Amend Articles of Association Re: Attend
Management and Supervisory Boards'Meetings by Way
of Videoconference and of Telecommunication Mgmt For Yes
23 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt For Yes
SOGECABLE SA *SGC_SM* Sedol-CUSIP E8900A114 , 03/21/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Individual and Consolidated Financial
Statements, and Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year
Ended 12-31-05; Approve Allocation of Income Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For Yes
3 Fix Number of and Elect Directors to Management
Board Mgmt Against No
4 Approve Auditors for Individual and Consolidated
Group Mgmt For Yes
5 Amend Articles 13, 14, and 18bis Re: Class
Meetings of Shareholders, Notices of Shareholder
Meetings, and Remote Voting Mgmt For Yes
6 Amend Articles 3, 4, and 14 of Meeting Guidelines
Re: Class Meetings for Shareholders, Notices of
Shareholder Meetings, and Remote Voting Mgmt For Yes
7 Authorize Capital Increase Through Issuance of
Shares for Private Placement to Canal Satelite
Digital Sl; Amend Article 5 Accordingly Mgmt For Yes
8 Authorize Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Preemptive Rights Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorize Repurchase of Shares Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve Compensation Plan for Executive Members
of the Board and Executive Directors Mgmt Against No
11 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute Approved
Resolutions Mgmt Against No
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. *055550_HS*
Sedol-CUSIP Y7749X101 , 03/21/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Appropriation of Income and Dividend of
KRW 800 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles of Incorporation to Extend
Convertible Bond Maturity, to Allow Board to
Issue Shares with Shareholder Approval, and to
Shorten Share Registry Cancellation Period Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Directors Mgmt For Yes
4 Elect Members of Audit Committee Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Limit on Remuneration of Directors Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Stock Option Grants Mgmt For Yes
OPAP (GREEK ORGANISATION OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS SA ) *OPAP_GE*
Sedol-CUSIP X5967A101 , 05/31/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Discharge of Board and Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Appoint Auditors and Deputy Auditors and
Determination of Their Fees Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Remuneration of Chairman, CEO and
Secretary of the Board Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Remuneration of Board Members for
Participation on Board Committees Mgmt For Yes
7 Amend Articles (Bundled) Mgmt Against No
8 Other Business Mgmt Against No
Lloyds TSB Group plc (formerly TSB Group) *LLOY_LN*
Sedol-CUSIP G5542W106 , 05/11/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3a Elect Sir Victor Blank as Director Mgmt For Yes
3b Elect Terri Dial as Director Mgmt For Yes
3c Elect Jan du Plessis as Director Mgmt For Yes
3d Elect Lord Leitch as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Re-elect Archie Kane as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt For Yes
6 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
7 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 370,781,731, USD
40,000,000, EUD 40,000,000 and JPY 1,250,000,000 Mgmt For Yes
8 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 71,023,408 Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorise 568,000,000 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve Lloyds TSB Long-Term Incentive Plan 2006 Mgmt For Yes
11a Authorise to Make EU Political Organisation
Donations up to GBP 10,000 and Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to GBP 10,000 Mgmt For Yes
11b Authorise Lloyds TSB Bank Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP
100,000 and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to
GBP 100,000 Mgmt For Yes
11c Authorise Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 40,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
40,000 Mgmt For Yes
11d Authorise Scottish Widows Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 30,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
30,000 Mgmt For Yes
11e Authorise Cheltenham & Gloucester Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 10,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
10,000 Mgmt For Yes
11f Authorise Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division
Limited to Make EU Political Organisation
Donations up to GBP 10,000 and Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to GBP 10,000 Mgmt For Yes
12 Amend Memorandum and Articles of Association Re:
Indemnification Mgmt For Yes
13 Approve Increase in Remuneration of Non-Executive
Directors to GBP 750,000 Mgmt For Yes
Sanofi-Aventis (Formerly Sanofi-Synthelabo ) *SAN_FP*
Sedol-CUSIP F5548N101 , 05/31/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.52 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt For Yes
5 Reelect Lord Douro as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Elect Gerard Le Fur as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Ratify Ernst & Young Audit as Auditor Mgmt For Yes
8 Ratify Auditex as Alternate Auditor Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the
Aggregate Amount of EUR 1.2 Million Mgmt For Yes
10 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
11 Approve Merger by Absorption of Rhone Cooper by
Sanofi-Aventis, Approve its Remuneration, and
Approve Capital Increase in Connection with the
Merger Mgmt For Yes
12 Allocation of Merger Premium Mgmt For Yes
13 Acknowledge Definitive Realisation of Merger on
May 31, 2006, and Capital Increase in Connection
with the Merger Mgmt For Yes
14 Amend Articles of Association Re: Change in
Capital Pursuant to Items Above Mgmt For Yes
15 Amend Articles of Association Board Related Re:
Term of Mandate of Chairman Mgmt For Yes
16 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt For Yes
Rio Tinto Plc (Formerly Rtz Corp. Plc) *RIO_LN*
Sedol-CUSIP G75754104 , 04/12/06 Annual Meeting
1 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 34,860,000 Mgmt For Yes
2 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 6,750,000 Mgmt For Yes
3 Authorise 106,500,000 RTP Ordinary Shares for
Market Purchase Mgmt For Yes
4 Adopt New Articles of Association of Rio Tinto
Plc and Amendments to Constitution of Rio Tinto
Limited Mgmt For Yes
5 Elect Tom Albanese as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Elect Sir Rod Eddington as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Re-elect Sir David Clementi as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Re-elect Leigh Clifford as Director Mgmt For Yes
9 Re-elect Andrew Gould as Director Mgmt For Yes
10 Re-elect David Mayhew as Director Mgmt For Yes
11 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
and Authorise the Board to Determine Their
Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
12 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
13 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
SAP AG *SAP_GR* Sedol-CUSIP D66992104 , 05/09/06
Annual Meeting
1 Receive Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt None Yes
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.45 per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for Fiscal
Year 2005 Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for Fiscal
Year 2005 Mgmt For Yes
5 Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as
Auditors for Fiscal Year 2006 Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve EUR 950 Million Capitalization of Reserves Mgmt For Yes
7 Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
8a Approve Creation of EUR 180 Million Pool of
Capital with Preemptive Rights (Conditional
Capital Ia) Mgmt For Yes
8b Approve Creation of EUR 180 Million Pool of
Capital without Preemptive Rights (Conditional
Capital IIa) Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance
of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
10 Authorize Use of Financial Derivatives Method
When Repurchasing Shares Mgmt Against No
11a Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or
Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of EUR 5 Billion with Preemptive
Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 25 Million Pool
of Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights
(Conditional Capital IV) Mgmt For Yes
11b Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or
Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of EUR 5 Million with Preemptive
Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 75 Million Pool
of Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights
(Conditional Capital IVa) Mgmt For Yes
12 Approve Affiliation Agreements with Subsidiaries Mgmt For Yes
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (formerly Glaxo Wellcome Plc ) *GSK_LN*
Sedol-CUSIP G3910J112 , 05/17/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Moncef Slaoui as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Elect Tom de Swaan as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Re-elect Lawrence Culp as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Re-elect Ronaldo Schmitz as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorize Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve the Company to Make EU Political
Organisation Donations up to GBP 50,000 and Incur
EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 50,000 Mgmt For Yes
11 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 485,201,557 Mgmt For Yes
12 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 72,780,233 Mgmt For Yes
13 Authorise 582,241,869 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd *388_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y3506N105 , 04/26/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Final Dividend Mgmt For Yes
3a Elect Dannis J.H. Lee as Director Mgmt Against No
3b Elect David M. Webb as Director Mgmt For Yes
3c Elect Gilbert K.T. Chu as Director Shrhldr Against No
3d Elect Lawrence Y.L. Ho as Director Shrhldr Against No
3e Elect Christine K.W. Loh as Director Shrhldr For No
4 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
5 Authorize Repurchase of up to 10 Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Remuneration of HK$240,000 Payable to
Each Non-executive Director Mgmt For Yes
Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc (The) *RBS_LN*
Sedol-CUSIP G76891111 , 04/28/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Final Dividend of 53.1 Pence Per Ordinary
Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Re-elect Bob Scott as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Re-elect Peter Sutherland as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Re-elect Colin Buchan as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Elect Sir Tom McKillop as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Elect Janis Kong as Director Mgmt For Yes
9 Elect Guy Whittaker as Director Mgmt For Yes
10 Elect Johnny Cameron as Director Mgmt For Yes
11 Elect Mark Fisher as Director Mgmt For Yes
12 Elect Bill Friedrich as Director Mgmt For Yes
13 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors of
the Company Mgmt For Yes
14 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
15 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 266,482,100 Mgmt For Yes
16 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 39,972,315 Mgmt For Yes
17 Authorise 319,778,520 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
18 Approve EU Political Donations up to GBP 250,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
250,000 Mgmt For Yes
CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY CO LTD *1088_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y1504C113 , 05/12/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Report of the Board of Directors Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Report of the Supervisory Committee Mgmt For Yes
3 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Allocation of Income and Final Dividend
of RMB 0.125 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Remuneration of Directors and Supervisors Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Status List of the Initial Long Term
Incentives Plan and Share Appreciation Rights
Scheme Mgmt Against No
7 Reappoint KPMG Huazhen and KPMG as PRC and
International Auditors, Respectively, and
Authorize Committee Comprising Chen Biting, Wu
Yuan, and Ling Wen to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Revised Annual Caps of Connected
Transactions Mgmt For Yes
1 Amend Articles Re: Reflect Relevant Laws and
Reulations of the Company Law and the Securities
Law of the PRC Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Rules Governing the Proceedings of
Shareholders Meetings, Directors Meetings, and
for the Board of Supervisors; and Procedures for
Considering Connected Transactions Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Preemptive Rights Mgmt Against No
Barclays Plc *BARC_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G08036124 , 04/27/06
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Fulvio Conti as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Elect Danie Cronje as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Elect Robert Diamond Jr. as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Elect Robert Steel as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Elect John Sunderland as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Re-elect Dame Dawson as Director Mgmt For Yes
9 Re-elect Sir Richard Broadbent as Director Mgmt For Yes
10 Re-elect Gary Hoffman as Director Mgmt For Yes
11 Re-elect Naguib Kheraj as Director Mgmt For Yes
12 Re-elect Sir Nigel Rudd as Director Nigel Rudd as
Director Mgmt For Yes
13 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt For Yes
14 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
15 Authorise the Company to make EU Political
Organisation Donations up to GBP 25,000 and Incur
EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 25,000 Mgmt For Yes
16 Authorise Barclays Bank plc to make EU Political
Organisation Donations up to GBP 100,000 and
Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 Mgmt For Yes
17 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 541,215,604 Mgmt For Yes
18 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 81,182,340 Mgmt For Yes
19 Authorise 968,600,000 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
Carrefour S.A. *CA_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F13923119 , 05/02/06
Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Discharge
Management Board Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Three Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Employee Savings-Related Share Purchase
Plan Mgmt For Yes
7 Amend Articles of Association in order to Reflect
Legal Changes Mgmt For Yes
8 Change Location of Registered Office Mgmt For Yes
NEXT PLC *NXT_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G6500M106 , 05/17/06
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Final Dividend of 30 Pence Per Ordinary
Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Re-elect John Barton as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Re-elect Christos Angelides as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Re-elect Derek Netherton as Director Mgmt Against No
7 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and
Authorise the Board to Determine Their
Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Next 2006 Performance Share Plan Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Next Risk/Reward Investment Plan Mgmt For Yes
10 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 8,000,000 Mgmt For Yes
11 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 1,200,000 Mgmt For Yes
12 Authorise 36,000,000 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
13 Approve Programme Agreements Between the Company
and Each of Goldman Sachs International, UBS AG
and Deutsche Bank AG Mgmt For Yes
14 Approve Increase In Borrowing Powers to GBP
1,500,000,000 Mgmt For Yes
EURONEXT *NXT_FP* Sedol-CUSIP N3113K108 , 05/23/06
Annual Meeting
1 Open Meeting Mgmt None Yes
2 Appoint Secretary for Meeting Mgmt For Yes
3a Receive Report of Management Board Mgmt None Yes
3b Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3c Receive Explanation on Company's Reserves and
Dividend Policy Mgmt None Yes
3d Approve Dividends of EUR 1.00 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
3ei Approve Extraordinary Distribution of EUR 3.00
Per Share by Reduction in Share Capital and
Repayment to Shareholders; Amend Articles to
Reflect Changes in Share Capital (Conditional
Upon Payment on Aug. 11, 2006) Mgmt For Yes
3eii Approve Special Dividend of EUR 3.00 if Repayment
Under Item 3ei Cannot Take Place On August 11,
2006 Mgmt For Yes
4a Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For Yes
4b Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
5 Ratify Ernst & Young Accountants and KPMG
Accountants N.V. as Auditors Mgmt For Yes
6 Discussion on Company's Corporate Governance
Structure Mgmt None Yes
7a Reelect George Cox to Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
7b Reelect Ricardo Salgado to Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
7c Reelect Brian Williamson to Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
8a Approve Award of 400,000 Shares for the Year 2006
under Executive Incentive Plan Mgmt For Yes
8b Approve Awards of Shares to Individual Members of
Management Board for 2006 Mgmt For Yes
9a Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
9b Approve Reduction in Issued Share Capital by Ten
Percent via Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
9c Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares Up To 10
Percent of Issued Capital Mgmt For Yes
9d Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive Rights from
Issuance Under Item 9c Mgmt For Yes
10a Discussion on the Principle That a Merger Between
Deutsche Boerse AG and Euronext is in the Best
Interest of All of Euronext's Shareholders Shrhldr None Yes
10b Vote on the Principle That a Merger Between
Deutsche Boerse AG and Euronext is in the Best
Interest of All of Euronext's Shareholders Shrhldr Against Yes
11 Announcement of Euronext's Intention to Publish
the Annual Report and the Financial Statements in
English-Only as of 2006 Mgmt For Yes
12 Other Business (Non-Voting) Mgmt None Yes
13 Close Meeting Mgmt None Yes
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. *386_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y15010104 , 05/24/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept the Report of the Board of Directors Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept the Report of the Supervisory Committee Mgmt For Yes
3 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Profit Appropriation and Final Dividend Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve PRC and International Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
6a Elect Chen Tonghai as Director Mgmt For Yes
6b Elect Zhou Yuan as Director Mgmt For Yes
6c Elect Wang Tianpu as Director Mgmt For Yes
6d Elect Zhang Jianhua as Director Mgmt For Yes
6e Elect Wang Zhigang as Director Mgmt For Yes
6f Elect Dai Houliang as Director Mgmt For Yes
6g Elect Fan Yifei as Director Mgmt For Yes
6h Elect Yao Zhongmin as Director Mgmt For Yes
6i Elect Shi Wanpeng as Independent Non-Executive
Director Mgmt For Yes
6j Elect Liu Zhongli as Independent Non-Executive
Director Mgmt For Yes
6k Elect Li Deshui as Independent Non-Executive
Director Mgmt For Yes
7a Elect Wang Zuoran as Supervisor Mgmt For Yes
7b Elect Zhang Youcai as Supervisor Mgmt For Yes
7c Elect Kang Xianzhang as Supervisor Mgmt For Yes
7d Elect Zou Huiping as Supervisor Mgmt For Yes
7e Elect Li Yonggui as Supervisor Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve the Service Contracts Between Sinopec
Corp. and Directors and Supervisors Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Connected Transactions and Annual Caps Mgmt Against No
10 Authorize Issue of Commercial Paper with a
Maximum Amount Not Exceeding 10 Percent of the
Latest Audited Amount of the Net Assets Mgmt Against No
11 Amend Articles of Association Mgmt For Yes
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide *FRA_GR*
Sedol-CUSIP D3856U108 , 05/31/06 Annual Meeting
1 Receive Financial Statements and Statutory
Reports for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt None Yes
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
0.90 per Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt For Yes
5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors for
Fiscal 2006 Mgmt For Yes
6.1 Elect Joerg Hennerkes to the Supervisory Board Mgmt Against No
6.2 Elect Wolfgang Mayrhuber to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Yes
7 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance
of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
8 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration
for Shareholder Meetings due to New German
Legislation (Law on Company Integrity and
Modernization of the Right of Avoidance) Mgmt For Yes
9 Amend Articles Re: Conducting of Shareholder
Meetings due to New German Legislation (Law on
Company Integrity and Modernization of the Right
of Avoidance) Mgmt For Yes
Cadbury Schweppes Plc *CBRY_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G17444152 , 05/18/06
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Final Dividend of 9 Pence Per Ordinary
Share Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
4 Re-elect Roger Carr as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Re-elect Ken Hanna as Director Mgmt For Yes
6 Re-elect Todd Stitzer as Director Mgmt For Yes
7 Elect Lord Patten as Director Mgmt For Yes
8 Re-elect Baroness Wilcox as Director Mgmt For Yes
9 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors of
the Company Mgmt For Yes
10 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
11 Approve Cadbury Schweppes International Share
Award Plan Mgmt For Yes
12 Amend Cadbury Schweppes 2004 Long-Term Incentive
Plan Mgmt For Yes
13 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 86,090,000 Mgmt For Yes
14 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 13,040,000 Mgmt For Yes
15 Authorise up to GBP 26,090,000 for Market Purchase Mgmt For Yes
Peugeot S.A. *UG_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F72313111 , 05/24/06
Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.35 per Share Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt For Yes
5 Reelect Ernest-Antoine Seilliere as Supervisory
Board Member Mgmt Against No
6 Reelect Joseph-Frederick Toot as Supervisory
Board Member Mgmt Against No
7 Elect Jean-Louis Silvant as Supervisory Board
Member Mgmt Against No
8 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
9 Approve Stock Option Plans Grants Mgmt For Yes
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. Ltd. 144_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y1489Q103 , 05/26/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Final Dividend Mgmt For Yes
3 Reelect Directors and Authorize Board to Fix
Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
4 Reappoint Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
Their Remuneration Mgmt For Yes
5a Approve Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Preemptive Rights Mgmt Against No
5b Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10 Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Yes
5c Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Yes
6 Amend Articles Re: Reelection of Directors Mgmt For Yes
Lukoil Oao *LKOD_LI* Sedol-CUSIP 677862104, 06/28/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Annual Report, Financial Statements, and
Allocation of Income, Including Dividends of RUB
33 Per Share Mgmt For Yes
2.1 Elect Vagit Alekperov as Director Mgmt Against No
2.2 Elect Igor Belikov as Director Mgmt For Yes
2.3 Elect Mikhail Berezhnoi as Director Mgmt Against No
2.4 Elect Valery Grayfer as Director Mgmt Against No
2.5 Elect Oleg Kutafin as Director Mgmt For Yes
2.6 Elect Ravil Maganov as Director Mgmt Against No
2.7 Elect Richard Matzke as Director Mgmt For Yes
2.8 Elect Sergey Mikhailov as Director Mgmt For Yes
2.9 Elect Kevin Meyers as Director Mgmt Against No
2.10 Elect Nikolay Tsvetkov as Director Mgmt Against No
2.11 Elect Igor Sherkunov as Director Mgmt Against No
2.12 Elect Alexander Shokhin as Director Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Vagit Alekperov as General Director Mgmt For Yes
4.1 Elect Pavel Kondratyev as Member of Audit
Commission Mgmt For Yes
4.2 Elect Vladimir Nikitenko as Member of Audit
Commission Mgmt For Yes
4.3 Elect Tatyana Sklyarova as Member of Audit
Commission Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Remuneration of Directors and Members of
Audit Commission Mgmt For Yes
6 Ratify CJSC KPMG as Auditor Mgmt For Yes
7 Amend Charter Mgmt For Yes
8 Amend Regulations on Board of Directors Mgmt For Yes
9 Amend Regulations on Audit Commission Mgmt For Yes
10.1 Approve Related-Party Transaction with OOO
Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka Re: Oil Supply
Contract Mgmt For Yes
10.2 Approve Related-Party Transaction with OOO
Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka Re: Supply
Contract Mgmt For Yes
10.3 Approve Related-Party Transaction Re:
Supplemental Agreement to Shareholder Loan
Agreement No. 0510225 of March 3, 2006 Between
OJSC Lukoil and OOO Naryanmarneftegaz Mgmt For Yes
10.4 Approve Related-Party Transaction Re:
Supplemental Agreement to Shareholder Loan
Agreement No. 0610114 of March 3, 2006 Between
OJSC Lukoil and OOO Naryanmarneftegaz Mgmt For Yes
10.5 Approve Related-Party Transaction Re: Loan
Agreement with OOO Naryanmarneftegaz Mgmt For Yes
10.6 Approve Related-Party Transaction Re: Loan
Agreement with OOO Naryanmarneftegaz Mgmt For Yes
10.7 Approve Related-Party Transaction Re: Policy
Contract on Insuring Liability of Directors,
Officers, and Corporations Between OJSC Lukoil
and OJSC Kapital Strakhovanie Mgmt For Yes
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. Ltd. *144_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y1489Q103 , 05/26/06 Special Meeting
1 Approve Share Option Scheme Mgmt Against No
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. *9531_JP* Sedol-CUSIP J87000105, 06/29/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 3.5, Final JY
3.5, Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Authorize Share Repurchase Program Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Articles to: Update Terminology to Match
that of New Corporate Law - Limit Rights of
Odd-Lot Holders Mgmt For Yes
4.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.10 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.11 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.12 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Annual Ceiling on Director Bonuses Mgmt For Yes
Sharp Corp. *6753_JP*
Sedol-CUSIP J71434112 , 06/22/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 10, Final JY 12,
Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Expand Business Lines -
Increase Authorized Capital - Limit Outside
Statutory Auditors' Legal Liability - Authorize
Public Announcements in Electronic Format -
Update Terminology to Match that of New Corporate
Law Mgmt Against No
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.11 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.12 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.13 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.14 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.15 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.16 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.17 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.18 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.19 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.20 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.21 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.22 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.23 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.24 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.25 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Directors Mgmt For Yes
Tokyo Steel Mfg. Co. Ltd. *5423_JP*
Sedol-CUSIP J88204110 , 06/27/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 10, Final JY 10,
Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Limit Directors' Legal
Liability - Limit Rights of Odd-lot Holders -
Update Terminology to Match that of New Corporate
Law - Limit Liability of Statutory Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
5.1 Appoint Alternate Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
5.2 Appoint Alternate Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Directors and
Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
MILLEA HOLDINGS INC. *8766_JP* Sedol-CUSIP J4276P103 , 06/28/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 0, Final JY
15000, Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Adjust Authorized Capital to
Reflect Share Repurchase and Stock Split - Limit
Liability of Non-Executive Directors and
Statutory Auditors - Limit Rights of Odd-Lot
Holders - Adjust Share Trading Unit to Reflect
Stock Split Mgmt For Yes
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.11 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.1 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
4.2 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan Mgmt For Yes
Shiseido Co. Ltd. *4911_JP* Sedol-CUSIP
J74358144 , 06/29/06 Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 15, Final JY 15,
Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Limit Rights of Odd-lot
Holders - Update Terminology to Match that of New
Corporate Law - Limit Liability of Outside
Directors and Statutory Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Articles to: Increase Authorized Share
Capital and Authorize Implementation of Takeover
Defense Mgmt For Yes
4.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
6 Appoint External Audit Firm Mgmt For Yes
7 Adopt Advance Warning-Type Takeover Defense Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Stock Option Plan and Deep Discount Stock
Option Plan for Directors Mgmt For Yes
Toyota Motor Corp. *7203_JP* Sedol-CUSIP J92676113 , 06/23/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 35, Final JY 55,
Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Update Terminology to Match
that of New Corporate Law - Limit Liability of
Non-Executive Statutory Auditors Mgmt Against No
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.11 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.12 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.13 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.14 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.15 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.16 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.17 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.18 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.19 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.20 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.21 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.22 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.23 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.24 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.25 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.26 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4.1 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
4.2 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt Against No
4.3 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Executive Stock Option Plan Mgmt For Yes
6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program Mgmt For Yes
7 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Statutory Auditors
and Special Payments to Continuing Directors in
Connection with Abolition of Retirement Bonus
System Mgmt For Yes
8 Approve Increase in Aggregate Compensation
Ceiling for Directors Mgmt For Yes
Secom Co. Ltd. *9735_JP* Sedol-CUSIP J69972107 , 06/27/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 0, Final JY 60,
Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Authorize Public Announcements
in Electronic Format - Limit Rights of Odd-lot
Holders - Update Terminology to Match that of New
Corporate Law - Reduce Share Trading Unit Mgmt For Yes
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.11 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
Bank Of Yokohama Ltd. *8332_JP* Sedol-CUSIP J04242103 , 06/28/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 0, Final JY 7,
Special JY 2 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Delete References to Preferred
Shares - Limit Rights of Odd-Lot Holders -
Authorize Board to Determine Income Allocation -
Limit Liability of Non-Executive Statutory
Auditors Mgmt Against No
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
5 Appoint Alternate Internal Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Directors and
Statutory Auditor Mgmt For Yes
Bank Of Fukuoka Ltd. *8326_JP* Sedol-CUSIP J03822103 , 06/29/06
Annual Meeting
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including the
Following Dividends: Interim JY 3.5, Final JY
4.5, Special JY 0 Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Articles to: Authorize Board to Determine
Income Allocation - Decrease Maximum Board Size -
Reduce Directors Term in Office - Limit Liability
of Directors and Statutory Auditors - Limit
Rights of Odd-lot Holders Mgmt Against No
3.1 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Directors Mgmt For Yes
5 Approve Special Payments to Continuing Directors
and Statutory Auditors in Connection with
Abolition of Retirement Bonus System Mgmt Against No
6 Approve Adjustment to Aggregate Compensation
Ceiling for Directors Mgmt For Yes
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. *CNQ*
Sedol-CUSIP 136385101, 05/04/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Catherine M. Best Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director N. Murray Edwards Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Hon. Gary A. Filmon Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Amb. Gordon D. Giffin Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John G. Langille Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Keith A.J. MacPhail Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Allan P. Markin Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Norman F. McIntyre Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director James S. Palmer Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Eldon R. Smith Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director David A. Tuer Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
and Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors Mgmt For Yes
======Thornburg Core Growth Fund ======
Proposed Our Agreed
Name Proposal Description By Vote with Mgt Comments
Dell Inc. *DELL* Sedol-CUSIP 24702R101 , 07/15/05 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Donald J. Carty Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Michael S. Dell Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director William H. Gray, III Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Judy C. Lewent Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Thomas W. Luce, III Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Klaus S. Luft Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Alex J. Mandl Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Michael A. Miles Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Samuel A. Nunn, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Kevin B. Rollins Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Direct Shrhldr For No Perhaps with support for this
proposal, coupled with
continued debate on election
reforms, the director
election system can evolve to
the next level.
4 Expense Stock Options Shrhldr For No Given that (1) many companies use
stock options as a significant
component of overall compensation,
(2) the exercise of options result
in a transfer of shareholder
value, and (3) the contingent cost
of options reduces earnings,
options should be expensed along
with all other forms of
compensation to better reflect the
company's true earnings and
provide additional discipline
against overuse.
Network Appliance, Inc. *NTAP* Sedol-CUSIP 64120L104 , 08/31/05
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Daniel J. Warmenhoven Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Donald T. Valentine Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Jeffry R. Allen Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Alan L. Earhart Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Mark Leslie Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Nicholas C. Moore Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Sachio Semmoto Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director George T. Sheheen Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Robert T. Wall Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt Against No The total cost of the
company's plan of 16.05
percent is above the
allowable cap for this
company of 12.48 percent.
3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Leap Wireless International, Inc. *LEAP* Sedol-CUSIP 521863308,
09/15/05 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James D. Dondero Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director John D. Harkey, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director S. Douglas Hutcheson Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Robert V. Lapenta Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Mark H. Rachesky Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Michael B. Targoff Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan Mgmt For Yes
FedEx Corporation *FDX* Sedol-CUSIP 31428X106 , 09/26/05
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James L. Barksdale Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director August A. Busch, IV Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director John A. Edwardson Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Judith L. Estrin Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director J. Kenneth Glass Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Philip Greer Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director J. R. Hyde, III Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Shirley A. Jackson Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Charles T. Manatt Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Frederick W. Smith Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Joshua I. Smith Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Paul S. Walsh Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Peter S. Willmott Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Shrhldr For No Simple majority of voting
shares should be sufficient
to effect changes in a
companys corporate governance.
5 Report on Corporate Political Contributions Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Direct Shrhldr For No Perhaps with support for this
proposal, coupled with
continued debate on election
reforms, the director
election system can evolve to
the next level.
Coach, Inc. *COH* Sedol-CUSIP 189754104 , 11/02/05 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Joseph Ellis Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Lew Frankfort Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Gary Loveman Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Ivan Menezes Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Irene Miller Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Keith Monda Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Michael Murphy Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan Mgmt For Yes
Microsoft Corp. *MSFT* Sedol-CUSIP 594918104 ,
11/09/05 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William H. Gates, III Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director James I. Cash Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Dina Dublon Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director A. Mclaughlin Korologos Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director David F. Marquardt Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Charles H. Noski Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Helmut Panke Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Jon A. Shirley Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Amdocs Limited *DOX* Sedol-CUSIP G02602103 , 01/19/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Bruce K. Anderson Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Adrian Gardner Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Charles E. Foster Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director James S. Kahan Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Dov Baharav Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Julian A. Brodsky Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Eli Gelman Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Nehemia Lemelbaum Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director John T. Mclennan Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Robert A. Minicucci Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Simon Olswang Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Mario Segal Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF THE 1998 STOCK OPTION AND Mgmt For Yes
INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES
AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER, TO CONTINUE THE
TERM OF THE PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10-YEAR TERM AND
TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES AS DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANY
3 APPROVAL OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO PERMIT DIRECT
REPURCHASE BY THE COMPANY OF UNVESTED SHARES OF Mgmt For Yes
RESTRICTED STOCK GRANTED UNDER THE 1998 STOCK OPTI
AND INCENTIVE PLAN UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT ON
SERVICE.
4 APPROVAL OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR Mgmt For Yes
FISCAL YEAR 2005.
5 RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AND Mgmt For Yes
AUTHORIZATION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE OF BOARD TO FIX
REMUNERATION.
Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp. *ASV* Sedol-CUSIP 04538T109 ,
05/24/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Richard M. Glickman Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Noel F. Hall Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Kirk K. Calhoun Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Ronald M. Hunt Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Julia G. Levy Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from Mr. Levy
because he has attended less
than 75 percent of the board
and committee meetings.
1.6 Elect Director R. Hector MacKay-Dunn Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director George M. Milne Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Arnold L. Oronsky Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and Authorize
Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend 2002 Incentive Stock Option Plan Mgmt Against No The plan participation
extends to non-employee
directors. The company
currently grants 30,000
options on appointment to the
board, and 10,000 anually but
these limits are not spelled
out within the plan. As
directors are also plan
administrators, to protect
shareholders from
self-dealing, these limits
must ensure that director
compensation involving
treasury shares will be
contained at a reasonable
level.
4 Other Business Mgmt Against No
Apple Computer, Inc. *AAPL* Sedol-CUSIP 037833100 ,
04/27/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Fred D. Anderson Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director William V. Campbell Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Millard S. Drexler Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Albert A. Gore, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Steven P. Jobs Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Jerome B. York Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Report on Computer Recycling Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
Gilead Sciences, Inc. *GILD* Sedol-CUSIP 375558103 ,
05/10/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Paul Berg Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director John F. Cogan Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director James M. Denny Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John W. Madigan Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director John C. Martin Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Gordon E. Moore Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan Mgmt For Yes
5 Increase Authorized Common Stock Mgmt For Yes
6 Report on Impact of HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria
Pandemics Shrhldr Abstain No
Getty Images, Inc. *GYI* Sedol-CUSIP 374276103 , 05/02/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Jonathan D. Klein Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Michael A. Stein Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
NII Holdings, Inc. *NIHD* Sedol-CUSIP 62913F201 , 04/26/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Carolyn Katz Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Donald E. Morgan Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director George A. Cope Mgmt For Yes
2 Increase Authorized Common Stock Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Adjourn Meeting Mgmt For Yes
Cytyc Corporation *CYTC* Sedol-CUSIP 232946103 , 05/02/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Sally W. Crawford Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Patrick J. Sullivan Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Wayne Wilson Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Ormat Technologies, Inc. *ORA* Sedol-CUSIP 686688102 , 05/09/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Yehudit Bronicki Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from Yehudit
Dita Bronicki for standing as
an insider on the
Compensation Committee.
1.2 Elect Director Jacob Worenklein Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Elon Kohlberg Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated *UNH*
Sedol-CUSIP 91324P102 , 05/02/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James A. Johnson Mgmt Withhold No
1.2 Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director William W. McGuire, M.D. Mgmt Withhold No
1.4 Elect Director Mary O. Mundinger, Ph.D. Mgmt Withhold No
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Require a Majority Vote for Election of Directors Shrhldr For No
Caremark Rx, Inc. *CMX* Sedol-CUSIP 141705103 , 05/10/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director C. David Brown, II Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Harris Diamond Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Michael D. Ware Mgmt For Yes
2 Report Policies For Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
Wellpoint Inc *WLP* Sedol-CUSIP 94973V107 , 05/16/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Susan B. Bayh Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Julie A. Hill Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Ramiro G. Peru Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Google Inc *GOOG* Sedol-CUSIP 38259P508 , 05/11/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Eric Schmidt Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Sergey Brin Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Larry Page Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director L. John Doerr Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John L. Hennessy Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Ann Mather Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Michael Moritz Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Paul S. Otellini Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director K. Ram Shriram Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Shirley M. Tilghman Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt Against No Although the total cost of
the company's plans of 7.68
percent is within the
allowable cap for this
company of 9.13 percent, the
plan allows repricing of
underwater stock options
without shareholder approval.
4 Company-Specific-Recapitalization Plan Shrhldr For No Simplified capital structures
where voting interests are
proportional to economic interests
are preferable to dual class
structures where management owns
supervoting stock.
Cimarex Energy Co *XEC* Sedol-CUSIP 171798101 , 05/17/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Jerry Box Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Paul D. Holleman Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director F.H. Merelli Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Sullivan Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Nuvelo, Inc. *NUVO* Sedol-CUSIP 67072M301 , 05/24/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Ted W. Love, M.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Burton E. Sobel, M.D. Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
GEVITY HR INC *GVHR* Sedol-CUSIP 374393106 , 05/18/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Erik Vonk Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director George B. Beitzel Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Darcy E. Bradbury Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director James E. Cowie Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Paul R. Daoust Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Jonathan H. Kagan Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director David S. Katz Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld Mgmt For Yes
The DirecTV Group, Inc *DTV* Sedol-CUSIP 25459L106 , 06/06/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Chase Carey Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Peter F. Chernin Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Peter A. Lund Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Haim Saban Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
PeopleSupport Inc *PSPT* Sedol-CUSIP 712714302 , 05/24/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Adam Berger Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director George H. Ellis Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. *AMG*
Sedol-CUSIP 008252108 , 05/31/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Richard E. Floor Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Sean M. Healey Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Harold J. Meyerman Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director William J. Nutt Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Rita M. Rodriguez Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Patrick T. Ryan Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Jide J. Zeitlin Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Stock Option Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. *ATPG* Sedol-CUSIP 00208J108 , 06/14/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Arthur H. Dilly Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Robert C. Thomas Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Burt A. Adams Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director George R. Edwards Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Robert J. Karow Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP *LVS* Sedol-CUSIP 517834107 , 06/07/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William P. Weidner Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Michael A. Leven Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Aeropostale, Inc *ARO* Sedol-CUSIP 007865108 , 06/14/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Julian R. Geiger Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Bodil Arlander Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Ronald Beegle Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Mary Elizabeth Burton Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Robert B. Chavez Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director David Edwab Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director John D. Howard Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from John D.
Howard for poor attendance.
1.8 Elect Director David B. Vermylen Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Karin Hirtler-Garvey Mgmt For Yes
2 Amend Stock Option Plan Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Sanofi-Aventis (Formerly Sanofi-Synthelabo ) *SAN_FP*
Sedol-CUSIP F5548N101 , 05/31/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.52 per Share Mgmt DNV No
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt DNV No
5 Reelect Lord Douro as Director Mgmt DNV No
6 Elect Gerard Le Fur as Director Mgmt DNV No
7 Ratify Ernst & Young Audit as Auditor Mgmt DNV No
8 Ratify Auditex as Alternate Auditor Mgmt DNV No
9 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the Aggregate
Amount of EUR 1.2 Million Mgmt DNV No
10 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of Issued
Share Capital Mgmt DNV No
11 Approve Merger by Absorption of Rhone Cooper by
Sanofi-Aventis, Approve its Remuneration, and
Approve Capital Increase in Connection with the
Merger Mgmt DNV No
12 Allocation of Merger Premium Mgmt DNV No
13 Acknowledge Definitive Realisation of Merger on May
31, 2006, and Capital Increase in Connection with
the Merger Mgmt DNV No
14 Amend Articles of Association Re: Change in Capital
Pursuant to Items Above Mgmt DNV No
15 Amend Articles of Association Board Related
Re: Term of Mandate of Chairman Mgmt DNV No
16 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt DNV No
======Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund ======
Proposed Our Agreed
Name Proposal Description By Vote with Mgt Comments
Petroleo Brasileiro *PBR* Sedol-CUSIP 71654V408 , 07/22/05
Special Meeting
1 APPROVAL OF THE 300% STOCK SPLIT OF COMPANY
SHARES, RESULTING IN THE DISTRIBUTION, AT NO
COST, OF 3 (THREE) NEW SHARES OF THE SAME
TYPE FOR 1 (ONE) SHARE HELD ON AUGUST 31, 2005,
AS SET FORTH IN THE COMPANY S NOTICE OF MEETING
ENCLOSED HEREWITH. Mgmt For Yes
2 APPROVAL TO CHANGE ARTICLE 4 OF THE COMPANY S
BYLAWS IN LIGHT OF ITEM I, AS SET FORTH IN THE
COMPANY S NOTICE OF MEETING ENCLOSED HEREWITH. Mgmt For Yes
Petrochina Company Limited *PTR* Sedol-CUSIP 71646E100 ,
11/08/05 Special Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Mr. Su Shulin Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Mr. Gong Huazhang Mgmt Withhold No The presence of insiders
on audit committees,
notwithstanding the
requirements set out by
the Listing Rules, may
compromise the
independence of such
committees, potentially
leading to conflicts of
interest.
1.3 Elect Director Mr. Wang Yilin Mgmt Withhold No The presence of insiders
on audit committees,
notwithstanding the
requirements set out by
the Listing Rules, may
compromise the
independence of such
committees, potentially
leading to conflicts of
interest.
1.4 Elect Director Mr. Zeng Yukang Mgmt Withhold No The presence of insiders
on audit committees,
notwithstanding the
requirements set out by
the Listing Rules, may
compromise the
independence of such
committees, potentially
leading to conflicts of
interest.
1.5 Elect Director Mr. Jiang Fan Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Mr. Chee-Chen Tung Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Mr. Liu Hongru Mgmt For Yes
2 THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. WANG FUCHENG AS A Mgmt For Yes
SUPERVISOR TO TAKE EFFECT UPON THE CLOSE OF THIS
MEETING, IS HEREBY APPROVED
3 THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. WEN QINGSHAN AS A Mgmt For Yes
SUPERVISOR TO TAKE EFFECT UPON THE CLOSE OF THIS
MEETING, IS HEREBY APPROVED
4 THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. LI YONGWU AS AN Mgmt For Yes
INDEPENDENT SUPERVISOR TO TAKE EFFECT UPON THE
CLOSE OF THIS MEETING, IS HEREBY APPROVED
5 THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. WU ZHIPAN AS AN Mgmt For Yes
INDEPENDENT SUPERVISOR TO TAKE EFFECT UPON THE
CLOSE OF THIS MEETING, IS HEREBY APPROVED.
THE AGREEMENT DATED 1 SEPTEMBER 2005 ENTERED INTO Mgmt Against No Given the potential risks
6 BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM associated with depositing
CORPORATION ( CNPC ) IN RELATION TO CERTAIN funds under a connected
CMENDMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCTS AND transaction included in
SERVICES AGREEMENT, AS SET OUT IN THE CIRCULAR. these resolutions, vote
against these resolutions.
7 THE AGREEMENT DATED 1 SEPTEMBER 2005 ENTERED Mgmt For Yes
INTO BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND CHINA RAILWAY
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES CORPORATION (CRMSC ) IN
RELATION TO THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES ( CRMSC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
AGREEMENT ), A COPY OF WHICH
8 THE ONGOING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS, AS SET OUT IN Mgmt Against No Given the potential risks
THE CIRCULAR OF THE COMPANY, BE AND ARE HEREBY associated with depositing
APPROVED. funds under a connected
transaction included in
these resolutions, vote
against these resolutions.
9 THE PROPOSED ANNUAL CAPS OF EACH OF THE ONGOING Mgmt Against No Given the potential risks
CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS, AS SET OUT IN THE associated with depositing
CIRCULAR BE AND ARE HEREBY APPROVED. funds under a connected
transaction included in
these resolutions, vote
against these resolutions.
10 THE PROPOSED ANNUAL CAPS IN RESPECT OF THE
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE GROUP
TO CRMSC ARE HEREBY APPROVED Mgmt For Yes
General Electric Co. *GE* Sedol-CUSIP 369604103 , 04/26/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Sir William M. Castell Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Ann M. Fudge Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez Mgmt Withhold No
1.5 Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Andrea Jung Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Alan G. Lafley Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Robert W. Lane Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Sam Nunn Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Roger S. Penske Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Douglas A. Warner, III Mgmt For Yes
1.15 Elect Director Robert C. Wright Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr Against Yes
4 Adopt Policy on Overboarded Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
5 Company-Specific -- One Director from the Ranks
of the Retirees Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes
7 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of
Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
8 Report on Environmental Policies Shrhldr Against Yes
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. *HST* Sedol-CUSIP 44107P104 ,
04/05/06 Special Meeting
1 Issue Shares in Connection with an Acquisition Mgmt For Yes
Citigroup Inc. *C* Sedol-CUSIP 172967101 , 04/18/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director George David Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Kenneth T. Derr Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John M. Deutch Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Roberto Hernandez Ramirez Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Klaus Kleinfeld Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Dudley C. Mecum Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Charles Prince Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Dr. Judith Rodin Mgmt For Yes
1.15 Elect Director Robert E. Rubin Mgmt For Yes
1.16 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
6 End Issuance of Options and Prohibit Repricing Shrhldr Against Yes
7 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
8 Report on Charitable Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
9 Performance-Based Equity Awards Shrhldr For No This proposal provides for
a "significant portion" of
long-term equity
compensation to executives
be performance-based, it
is not overly restrictive
and does not limit the
board's ability to create
a competitive compensation
package for its senior
executives.
10 Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred by
Shareholder(s) Shrhldr Against Yes
11 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes
12 Clawback of Payments Under Restatement Shrhldr Against Yes
Altria Group, Inc. *MO* Sedol-CUSIP 02209S103 , 04/27/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Elizabeth E. Bailey Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Harold Brown Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director J. Dudley Fishburn Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Robert E. R. Huntley Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Thomas W. Jones Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director George Munoz Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director John S. Reed Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes
4 Adopt ILO Standards Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Inform African Americans of Health Risks
Associated with Menthol Cigarettes Shrhldr Abstain No
6 Establish Fire Safety Standards for Cigarettes Shrhldr Abstain No
7 Adopt Animal Welfare Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
8 Support Legislation to Reduce Smoking Shrhldr Abstain No
9 Provide Information on Second Hand Smoke Shrhldr Abstain No
Dominion Resources, Inc. *D* Sedol-CUSIP 25746U109 ,
04/28/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Peter W. Brown Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Ronald J. Calise Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Thos. E. Capps Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director John W. Harris Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Mark J. Kington Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Richard L. Leatherwood Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Frank S. Royal, M.D. Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director S. Dallas Simmons Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director David A. Wollard Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Shrhldr For No The board election process
Directors must ensure that
shareholders expressions
of dissatisfaction with
the performance of
directors have meaningful
consequences. A majority
vote standard transforms
the director election
process from a symbolic
gesture to a meaningful
voice for shareholders.
4 Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans to Shrhldr For No Shareholders should ratify
Shareholder vote certain types of extraordinary
pension benefits beyond those
offered under employee-wide
plans, such as credit for years
of service not actually worked,
preferential benefit formulas,
and accelerated vesting of pension
benefits. Lucrative pension
enhancements can represent
a sizable liability to
shareholders.
BP PLC (Form. Bp Amoco Plc ) *BP* Sedol-CUSIP 055622104 ,
04/20/06 Annual Meeting
1 TO RECEIVE THE DIRECTORS ANNUAL REPORT AND THE
ACCOUNTS Mgmt For Yes
2 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION REPORT Mgmt For Yes
3.1 Elect Director Dr D C Allen Mgmt For Yes
3.2 Elect Director Lord Browne Mgmt For Yes
3.3 Elect Director Mr J H Bryan Mgmt For Yes
3.4 Elect Director Mr A Burgmans Mgmt For Yes
3.5 Elect Director Mr I C Conn Mgmt For Yes
3.6 Elect Director Mr E B Davis, Jr Mgmt For Yes
3.7 Elect Director Mr D J Flint Mgmt For Yes
3.8 Elect Director Dr B E Grote Mgmt For Yes
3.9 Elect Director Dr A B Hayward Mgmt For Yes
3.10 Elect Director Dr D S Julius Mgmt For Yes
3.11 Elect Director Sir Tom Mckillop Mgmt For Yes
3.12 Elect Director Mr J A Manzoni Mgmt For Yes
3.13 Elect Director Dr W E Massey Mgmt For Yes
3.14 Elect Director Sir Ian Prosser Mgmt For Yes
3.15 Elect Director Mr M H Wilson Mgmt For Yes
3.16 Elect Director Mr P D Sutherland Mgmt For Yes
4 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
5 SPECIAL RESOLUTION: TO GIVE LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR
THE PURCHASE OF ITS OWN SHARES BY THE COMPANY Mgmt For Yes
6 TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES UP TO A
SPECIFIED AMOUNT Mgmt For Yes
7 SPECIAL RESOLUTION: TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO ALLOT A
LIMITED NUMBER OF SHARES FOR CASH WITHOUT MAKING
AN OFFER TO SHAREHOLDERS Mgmt For Yes
Pfizer Inc. *PFE* Sedol-CUSIP 717081103 , 04/27/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Brown Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Robert N. Burt Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director William H. Gray, III Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Constance J. Horner Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director William R. Howell Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Stanley O. Ikenberry Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director George A. Lorch Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
directors Mead and Lorch
as a signal that fresh
perspectives and new faces
are needed on this
compensation committee.
1.10 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
directors Mead and Lorch
as a signal that fresh
perspectives and new faces
are needed on this
compensation committee.
1.12 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Mgmt For Yes
4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
5 Social Proposal Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr For No Cumulative voting is one
of the corporate
governance tools that
provides shareholders
access and influence over
director elections. It
ensures that holders of a
significant number of
shares win board
representation.
7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr For No The principle of the
separation of the roles of
chairman and CEO as it is
a basic element of sound
corporate governance
practice.
8 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
9 Report on Animal Welfare Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
10 Reort on Animal-based Testing Shrhldr Abstain No
The Bank Of New York Co., Inc. *BK* Sedol-CUSIP 064057102 ,
04/11/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassel Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director John C. Malone Mgmt Withhold No
1.8 Elect Director Paul Myners Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director William C. Richardson Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Brian l. Roberts Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Samuel C. Scott, III Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Richard C. Vaughan Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr For No Cumulative voting is one
of the corporate
governance tools that
provides shareholders
access and influence over
director elections. It
ensures that holders of a
significant number of
shares win board
representation. Under a
cumulative voting policy,
shareholders can withhold
votes from certain
nominees in order to cast
multiple votes for others.
Currently shareholders can
only cast one vote for
each nominee.
4 Reimbursement of Expenses of Opposition Candidates Shrhldr Against Yes
Bank of America Corp. *BAC* Sedol-CUSIP 060505104 ,
04/26/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William Barnet, III Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr. Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director John T. Collins Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Tommy R. Franks Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Paul Fulton Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director W. Steven Jones Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Kenneth D. Lewis Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Walter E. Massey Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Thomas J. May Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Patricia E. Mitchell Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan Mgmt For Yes
1.15 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.16 Elect Director Meredith R. Spangler Mgmt For Yes
1.17 Elect Director Robert L. Tillman Mgmt For Yes
1.18 Elect Director Jackie M. Ward Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
4 Publish Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of
Directors Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Provide for an Independent Chairman Shrhldr Against Yes
7 Exclude Reference to Sexual Orientation from the
Company's EEO Statement Shrhldr Abstain No
Chevron Corporation *CVX* Sedol-CUSIP 166764100 , 04/26/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Linnet F. Deily Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Robert E. Denham Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Eaton Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Sam Ginn Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Franklyn G. Jenifer Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Sam Nunn Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director David J. O'Reilly Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Donald B. Rice Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Peter J. Robertson Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Charles R. Shoemate Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Carl Ware Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Company-Specific-Reimbursement of Stockholder Shrhldr For No Because this binding
Proposal proposal provides for
reimbursement of expenses
only in cases where a
resolution is passed by
shareholders and adopted
for the benefit of the
company, vote FOR this
item.
4 Report on Environmental Impact of Drilling in
Sensitive Areas Shrhldr Abstain No
5 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
6 Adopt an Animal Welfare Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
7 Adopt a Human Rights Policy Shrhldr Abstain No
8 Report on Remediation Expenses in Ecuador Shrhldr Abstain No
UST Inc. *UST* Sedol-CUSIP 902911106 , 05/02/06 Annual
Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Patricia Diaz Dennis Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Peter J. Neff Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Andrew J. Parsons Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Submit Internet Tobacco Advertisements to
Independent Review Shrhldr Against Yes
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Shrhldr For No The ability to elect
directors is the single
most important use of the
shareholder franchise, and
all directors should be
accountable on an annual
basis. A classified board
can entrench management
and effectively preclude
most takeover bids or
proxy contests. Board
classification forces
dissidents and would-be
acquirers to negotiate
with the incumbent board,
which has the authority to
decide on offers without a
shareholder vote.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. *JPM* Sedol-CUSIP 46625H100 , 05/16/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director John H. Biggs Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Stephen B. Burke Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director James S. Crown Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director James Dimon Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director William H. Gray, III Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director John W. Kessler Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Robert I. Lipp Mgmt For Yes
1.11 Elect Director Richard A. Manoogian Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director David C. Novak Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Lee R. Raymond Mgmt For Yes
1.14 Elect Director William C. Weldon Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Put Repricing of Stock Options to Shareholder Vote Shrhldr Against Yes
4 Performance-Based Equity Awards Shrhldr For No
5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Shrhldr Against Yes
6 Remove Reference to Sexual Orientation from EEO
Statement Shrhldr Abstain No
7 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Special
Meetings Shrhldr For No
8 Report on Lobbying Activities Shrhldr Abstain No
9 Report on Political Contributions Shrhldr Abstain No
10 Approve Terms of Existing Poison Pill Shrhldr Against Yes
11 Provide for Cumulative Voting Shrhldr For No
12 Claw-back of Payments under Restatements Shrhldr Against Yes
13 Require Director Nominee Qualifications Shrhldr Against Yes
ConocoPhillips *COP* Sedol-CUSIP 20825C104 , 05/10/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Richard L. Armitage Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Auchinleck Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Harald J. Norvik Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director William K. Reilly Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Victoria J. Tschinkel Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Kathryn C. Turner Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Report Damage Resulting From Drilling Inside the
National Petroleum Reserve Shrhldr Abstain No
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Shrhldr For No The board election process
Directors must ensure that
shareholders expressions
of dissatisfaction with
the performance of
directors have meaningful
consequences. A majority
vote standard transforms
the director election
process from a symbolic
gesture to a meaningful
voice for shareholders.
5 Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans to Shrhldr For No Shareholders should ratify
Shareholder vote certain types of extraordinary
pension benefits beyond those
offered under employee-wide
plans, such as credit for years
of service not actually worked,
preferential benefit formulas,
and accelerated vesting of
pension benefits.
6 Report Accountability for Company's Environmental Shrhldr Abstain No
Impacts due to Operation
7 Non-Employee Director Compensation Shrhldr Against Yes
Southern Copper Corporation *PCU* Sedol-CUSIP 84265V105 ,
05/04/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Emilio Carrillo Gamboa Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
GermAin Larrea
Mota-Velasco, Oscar
Gonzalez Rocha, and Xavier
Garcaa de Quevedo Topete
for standing as insiders
on the Compensation
Committee and for failure
to establish a majority
independent board. We
recommend that
shareholders WITHHOLD
votes from Armando Ortega
Gamez for standing as an
insider on the Nominating
Committee and for failure
to establish a majority
independent board. Also,
we recommend that
shareholders WITHHOLD
votes from J. Eduardo
Gonzalez Falix, Juan
Rebolledo Gout, Jaime
Fernando Collazo Gonzalez
and Genaro Larrea
Mota-Velasco for failure
to establish a majority
independent board. Lastly,
we recommend that
shareholders WITHHOLD
votes from Emilio Carrillo
Gamboa for sitting on more
than six boards.
1.2 Elect Director Jaime Fernando Collazo Gonzalez Mgmt Withhold No
1.3 Elect Director Xavier Garcia de Quevedo Topete Mgmt Withhold No
1.4 Elect Director Oscar Gonzalez Rocha Mgmt Withhold No
1.5 Elect Director J. Eduardo Gonzalez Felix Mgmt Withhold No
1.6 Elect Director Harold S. Handelsman Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director German Larrea Mota-Velasco Mgmt Withhold No
1.8 Elect Director Genaro Larrea Mota-Velasco Mgmt Withhold No
1.9 Elect Director Armando Ortega Gomez Mgmt Withhold No
1.10 Elect Director Juan Rebolledo Gout Mgmt Withhold No
1.11 Elect Director Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla Mgmt For Yes
1.12 Elect Director Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes Mgmt For Yes
1.13 Elect Director Carlos Ruiz Sacristan Mgmt For Yes
2 Require Advance Notice for Shareholder Mgmt Against No Shareholders should be
Proposals/Nominations able to submit proposals
as close to the meeting
date as reasonably
possible.
3 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine Mgmt For Yes
4 Amend Articles/Change in Control Mgmt For Yes
Adopt Supermajority Vote Requirement for No A company should obtain
5 Amendments Mgmt Against shareholder approval for
amending its by-laws.
Therefore, adoption of
this proposal would have
an adverse impact on
shareholders.
6 Increase Authorized Common Stock Mgmt For Yes
7 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Equity Inns, Inc. *ENN* Sedol-CUSIP 294703103 , 05/11/06
Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Robert P. Bowen Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Joseph W. Mcleary Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
W.P. Stewart & Company Ltd. *WPL* Sedol-CUSIP G84922106 ,
05/10/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William P. Stewart Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director John C. Russell Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director Henry B. Smith Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Dominik M.F. Brunner Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Angus S. King Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Jeremy W. Sillem Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Heinrich Spangler Mgmt Withhold No Non-independents,
particularly on such key
board committees as the
audit and remuneration
committees, threaten to
undermine the purpose of
these committees in
providing independent
oversight and preventing
conflicts of interest.
1.8 Elect Director Jan J. Spiering Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Richard D. Spurling Mgmt For Yes
2 ESTABLISH THE SIZE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT
12 AND AUTHORIZE APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTORS. Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 RATIFICATION OF ISSUANCES OF COMMON SHARES TO
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Mgmt For Yes
Highland Hospitality Corp *HIH* Sedol-CUSIP 430141101 ,
05/23/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Bruce D. Wardinski Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director James L. Francis Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director John M. Elwood Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director W. Reeder Glass Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director John W. Hill Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Thomas A. Natelli Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Margaret A. Sheehan Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director William L. Wilson Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan Mgmt For Yes
Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc. *FRZ* Sedol-CUSIP 75734R105 ,
05/18/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director William P. Brick Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Andrew R. Heyer Mgmt Withhold No
1.3 Elect Director Theodore J. Host Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director David E. King Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Douglas R. Korn Mgmt Withhold No
1.6 Elect Director Michael S. Mcgrath Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Tracy L. Noll Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director William P. Phoenix Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director Robert N. Verdecchio Mgmt For Yes
1.10 Elect Director Jimmy C. Weaver Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust *MIC* Sedol-CUSIP
55607X108 , 05/25/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Norman H. Brown, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director George W. Carmany, III Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director William H. Webb Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. *HST* Sedol-CUSIP 44107P104 ,
05/18/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Robert M. Baylis Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Terence C. Golden Mgmt Withhold No WITHHOLD votes from
Terence C. Golden for
standing as an affiliated
outsider on the Audit
Committee.
1.3 Elect Director Ann M. Korologos Mgmt For Yes
1.4 Elect Director Richard E. Marriott Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director Judith A. Mchale Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director John B. Morse, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director Christopher J. Nassetta Mgmt For Yes
2 Ratify Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election of
Directors Shrhldr For Yes
Synagro Technologies, Inc. *SYGR* Sedol-CUSIP 871562203 ,
05/24/06 Annual Meeting
1.1 Elect Director Ross M. Patten Mgmt For Yes
1.2 Elect Director Robert C. Boucher, Jr. Mgmt For Yes
1.3 Elect Director David A. Donnini Mgmt Withhold No
1.4 Elect Director Vincent J. Hemmer Mgmt For Yes
1.5 Elect Director James B. Mattly Mgmt For Yes
1.6 Elect Director Gene A. Meredith Mgmt For Yes
1.7 Elect Director George E. Sperzel Mgmt For Yes
1.8 Elect Director Alfred Tyler 2nd Mgmt For Yes
1.9 Elect Director J. Paul Withrow Mgmt For Yes
2 Report on Environmental, Health and Safety
Impacts of New York Organic Fertilizer Company Shrhldr Against Yes
Vodafone Group PLC *VOD_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G93882101 , 07/26/05
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Re-elect Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth as Director Mgmt DNV No
3 Re-elect Paul Hazen as Director Mgmt DNV No
4 Re-elect Arun Sarin as Director Mgmt DNV No
5 Re-elect Sir Julian Horn-Smith as Director Mgmt DNV No
6 Re-elect Peter Bamford as Director Mgmt DNV No
7 Re-elect Thomas Geitner as Director Mgmt DNV No
8 Re-elect Michael Boskin as Director Mgmt DNV No
9 Re-elect Lord Broers as Director Mgmt DNV No
10 Re-elect John Buchanan as Director Mgmt DNV No
11 Re-elect Penny Hughes as Director Mgmt DNV No
12 Re-elect Jurgen Schrempp as Director Mgmt DNV No
13 Re-elect Luc Vandevelde as Director Mgmt DNV No
14 Elect Sir John Bond as Director Mgmt DNV No
15 Elect Andrew Halford as Director Mgmt DNV No
16 Approve Final Dividend of 2.16 Pence Per Ordinary
Share Mgmt DNV No
17 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt DNV No
18 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors of
the Company Mgmt DNV No
19 Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration
of the Auditors Mgmt DNV No
20 Authorise the Company and Any Company Which is or
Becomes a Subsidiary of the Company to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 50,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
50,000 Mgmt DNV No
21 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 900,000,000 Mgmt DNV No
22 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 320,000,000 Mgmt DNV No
23 Authorise 6,400,000,000 Ordinary Shares for
Market Purchase Mgmt DNV No
24 Amend Memorandum of Association and Articles of
Association Re: Indemnification of Directors Mgmt DNV No
25 Approve the Vodafone Global Incentive Plan Mgmt DNV No
Hero Honda Motors Ltd. *HH_IN* Sedol-CUSIP Y3179Z146 , 08/22/05
Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Dividends of INR 20 Per Share Mgmt DNV No
3 Reappoint O.P. Munjal as Director Mgmt DNV No
4 Reappoint N.N. Vohra as Director Mgmt DNV No
5 Approve Retirement of S.P. Virmani Mgmt DNV No
6 Approve A.F. Ferguson & Co. as Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt DNV No
7 Appoint A. Singh as Director Mgmt DNV No
8 Appoint P. Singh as Director Mgmt DNV No
9 Appoint S. Bhartia as Director Mgmt DNV No
10 Appoint V.L. Kelkar as Director Mgmt DNV No
11 Approve Appointment and Remuneration of M.
Yamamoto, Jt. Managing Director Mgmt DNV No
12 Approve Appointment and Remuneration of T.
Eguchi, Executive Director Mgmt DNV No
13 Appoint M. Sudo as Director Mgmt DNV No
France Telecom SA *FTE_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F4113C103 , 04/21/06
Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Discharge
Directors Mgmt DNV No
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1 per Share Mgmt DNV No
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt DNV No
5 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt DNV No
6 Amend Articles of Association Re: Attend Board
Meetings by Way of Videoconference and of
Telecommunication Mgmt DNV No
7 Amend Articles of Association Re: General Meeting
Quorums Mgmt DNV No
8 Authorize Capital Increase of up to EUR 200
Million to Participants of Orange S.A. Stock
Option Plan in Connection with France Telecom
Liquidity Agreement Mgmt DNV No
9 Approve Restricted Stock Plan for Orange S.A.
Option Holders Mgmt DNV No
10 Approve Employee Savings-Related Share Purchase
Plan Mgmt DNV No
11 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt DNV No
12 Authorize up to One Percent of Issued Capital for
Use in Restricted Stock Plan Mgmt DNV No
13 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt DNV No
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. Ltd. *144_HK*
Sedol-CUSIP Y1489Q103 , 01/25/06 Special Meeting
1 Approve Acquisition by the Company from Super
Talent Group Ltd. of the Entire Issued Capital of
Treasure Group Investments Ltd. and All
Shareholder Loans; and Issue of Consideration
Shares Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Increase in Authorized Capital from
HK$300.0 Million to HK$500.0 Million by the
Addition of HK$200.0 Million Divided into 2.0
Billion Shares of HK$0.10 Each Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Connected Transactions Mgmt DNV No
E.ON AG (formerly Veba Ag) *EOA_GR* Sedol-CUSIP D24909109 ,
05/04/06 Annual Meeting
1 Receive Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Allocation of Income and an Ordinary
Dividends of EUR 2.75 per Share and Bonus
Dividend of EUR 4.25 per Share Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt DNV No
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for Fiscal
2005 Mgmt DNV No
5 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance
of Repurchased Shares Mgmt DNV No
6 Approve Affiliation Agreements with Subsidiary
E.ON Zwoelfte Verwaltungs GmbH Mgmt DNV No
7 Approve Affiliation Agreements with Subsidiary
E.ON Dreizehnte Verwaltungs GmbH Mgmt DNV No
8 Amend Articles Re: Conducting of Shareholder
Meetings due to New German Legislation (Law on
Company Integrity and Modernization of the Right
of Avoidance) Mgmt DNV No
9 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as Auditors for
Fiscal 2006 Mgmt DNV No
OPAP (GREEK ORGANISATION OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS SA ) *OPAP_GA*
Sedol-CUSIP X5967A101 , 05/31/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Discharge of Board and Auditors Mgmt DNV No
4 Appoint Auditors and Deputy Auditors and
Determination of Their Fees Mgmt DNV No
5 Approve Remuneration of Chairman, CEO and
Secretary of the Board Mgmt DNV No
6 Approve Remuneration of Board Members for
Participation on Board Committees Mgmt DNV No
7 Amend Articles (Bundled) Mgmt DNV No
8 Other Business Mgmt DNV No
Lloyds TSB Group plc (formerly TSB Group) *LLOY_LN* Sedol-CUSIP
G5542W106 , 05/11/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt For Yes
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt For Yes
3a Elect Sir Victor Blank as Director Mgmt For Yes
3b Elect Terri Dial as Director Mgmt For Yes
3c Elect Jan du Plessis as Director Mgmt For Yes
3d Elect Lord Leitch as Director Mgmt For Yes
4 Re-elect Archie Kane as Director Mgmt For Yes
5 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt For Yes
6 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
7 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 370,781,731, USD
40,000,000, EUD 40,000,000 and JPY 1,250,000,000 Mgmt For Yes
8 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 71,023,408 Mgmt For Yes
9 Authorise 568,000,000 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt For Yes
10 Approve Lloyds TSB Long-Term Incentive Plan 2006 Mgmt For Yes
11a Authorise to Make EU Political Organisation
Donations up to GBP 10,000 and Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to GBP 10,000 Mgmt For Yes
11b Authorise Lloyds TSB Bank Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP
100,000 and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to
GBP 100,000 Mgmt For Yes
11c Authorise Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 40,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
40,000 Mgmt For Yes
11d Authorise Scottish Widows Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 30,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
30,000 Mgmt For Yes
11e Authorise Cheltenham & Gloucester Plc to Make EU
Political Organisation Donations up to GBP 10,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
10,000 Mgmt For Yes
11f Authorise Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division
Limited to Make EU Political Organisation
Donations up to GBP 10,000 and Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to GBP 10,000 Mgmt For Yes
12 Amend Memorandum and Articles of Association Re:
Indemnification Mgmt For Yes
13 Approve Increase in Remuneration of Non-Executive
Directors to GBP 750,000 Mgmt For Yes
Sanofi-Aventis (Formerly Sanofi-Synthelabo ) *SAN_FP* Sedol-CUSIP
F5548N101 , 05/31/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1.52 per Share Mgmt DNV No
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report Regarding
Related-Party Transactions Mgmt DNV No
5 Reelect Lord Douro as Director Mgmt DNV No
6 Elect Gerard Le Fur as Director Mgmt DNV No
7 Ratify Ernst & Young Audit as Auditor Mgmt DNV No
8 Ratify Auditex as Alternate Auditor Mgmt DNV No
9 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the
Aggregate Amount of EUR 1.2 Million Mgmt DNV No
10 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt DNV No
11 Approve Merger by Absorption of Rhone Cooper by
Sanofi-Aventis, Approve its Remuneration, and
Approve Capital Increase in Connection with the
Merger Mgmt DNV No
12 Allocation of Merger Premium Mgmt DNV No
13 Acknowledge Definitive Realisation of Merger on
May 31, 2006, and Capital Increase in Connection
with the Merger Mgmt DNV No
14 Amend Articles of Association Re: Change in
Capital Pursuant to Items Above Mgmt DNV No
15 Amend Articles of Association Board Related Re:
Term of Mandate of Chairman Mgmt DNV No
16 Authorize Filling of Required Documents/Other
Formalities Mgmt DNV No
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (formerly Glaxo Wellcome Plc ) *GSK_LN*
Sedol-CUSIP G3910J112 , 05/17/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt DNV No
3 Elect Moncef Slaoui as Director Mgmt DNV No
4 Elect Tom de Swaan as Director Mgmt DNV No
5 Re-elect Lawrence Culp as Director Mgmt DNV No
6 Re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as Director Mgmt DNV No
7 Re-elect Ronaldo Schmitz as Director Mgmt DNV No
8 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt DNV No
9 Authorize Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors Mgmt DNV No
10 Approve the Company to Make EU Political
Organisation Donations up to GBP 50,000 and Incur
EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 50,000 Mgmt DNV No
11 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 485,201,557 Mgmt DNV No
12 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 72,780,233 Mgmt DNV No
13 Authorise 582,241,869 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt DNV No
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd *388_HK* Sedol-CUSIP
Y3506N105 , 04/26/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Final Dividend Mgmt DNV No
3a Elect Dannis J.H. Lee as Director Mgmt DNV No
3b Elect David M. Webb as Director Mgmt DNV No
3c Elect Gilbert K.T. Chu as Director Shrhldr DNV No
3d Elect Lawrence Y.L. Ho as Director Shrhldr DNV No
3e Elect Christine K.W. Loh as Director Shrhldr DNV No
4 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors and
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Mgmt DNV No
5 Authorize Repurchase of up to 10 Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt DNV No
6 Approve Remuneration of HK$240,000 Payable to
Each Non-executive Director Mgmt DNV No
Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc (The) *RBS_LN* Sedol-CUSIP
G76891111 , 04/28/06 Annual Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Final Dividend of 53.1 Pence Per Ordinary
Share Mgmt DNV No
4 Re-elect Bob Scott as Director Mgmt DNV No
5 Re-elect Peter Sutherland as Director Mgmt DNV No
6 Re-elect Colin Buchan as Director Mgmt DNV No
7 Elect Sir Tom McKillop as Director Mgmt DNV No
8 Elect Janis Kong as Director Mgmt DNV No
9 Elect Guy Whittaker as Director Mgmt DNV No
10 Elect Johnny Cameron as Director Mgmt DNV No
11 Elect Mark Fisher as Director Mgmt DNV No
12 Elect Bill Friedrich as Director Mgmt DNV No
13 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors of
the Company Mgmt DNV No
14 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt DNV No
15 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 266,482,100 Mgmt DNV No
16 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 39,972,315 Mgmt DNV No
17 Authorise 319,778,520 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt DNV No
18 Approve EU Political Donations up to GBP 250,000
and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP
250,000 Mgmt DNV No
Barclays Plc *BARC_LN* Sedol-CUSIP G08036124 , 04/27/06 Annual
Meeting
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
2 Approve Remuneration Report Mgmt DNV No
3 Elect Fulvio Conti as Director Mgmt DNV No
4 Elect Danie Cronje as Director Mgmt DNV No
5 Elect Robert Diamond Jr. as Director Mgmt DNV No
6 Elect Robert Steel as Director Mgmt DNV No
7 Elect John Sunderland as Director Mgmt DNV No
8 Re-elect Dame Dawson as Director Mgmt DNV No
9 Re-elect Sir Richard Broadbent as Director Mgmt DNV No
10 Re-elect Gary Hoffman as Director Mgmt DNV No
11 Re-elect Naguib Kheraj as Director Mgmt DNV No
12 Re-elect Sir Nigel Rudd as Director Nigel Rudd as
Director Mgmt DNV No
13 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
of the Company Mgmt DNV No
14 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors Mgmt DNV No
15 Authorise the Company to make EU Political
Organisation Donations up to GBP 25,000 and Incur
EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 25,000 Mgmt DNV No
16 Authorise Barclays Bank plc to make EU Political
Organisation Donations up to GBP 100,000 and
Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 Mgmt DNV No
17 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 541,215,604 Mgmt DNV No
18 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked
Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 81,182,340 Mgmt DNV No
19 Authorise 968,600,000 Ordinary Shares for Market
Purchase Mgmt DNV No
Carrefour S.A. *CA_FP* Sedol-CUSIP F13923119 , 05/02/06
Annual/Special Meeting
1 Approve Financial Statements and Discharge
Management Board Mgmt DNV No
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and
Statutory Reports Mgmt DNV No
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR
1 per Share Mgmt DNV No
4 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Three Percent of
Issued Share Capital Mgmt DNV No
5 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via
Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Mgmt DNV No
6 Approve Employee Savings-Related Share Purchase
Plan Mgmt DNV No
7 Amend Articles of Association in order to Reflect
Legal Changes Mgmt DNV No
8 Change Location of Registered Office Mgmt DNV No
Canadian Oil Sands Trust *COS.U* Sedol-CUSIP 13642L100 ,
04/25/06 Annual/Special Meeting
1 Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of
COSL and Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors Mgmt For Yes
2 Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of
the Trust and Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration
of Auditors Mgmt For Yes
3 Elect Marcel R. Coutu, E. Susan Evans, Donald F.
Mazankowski, Wayne M. Newhouse, Walter B.
O'Donoghue, C.E. (Chuck) Shultz, Wesley R. Twiss,
and John B. Zaozirny as Directors Mgmt For Yes
4 Approve 1:5 Unit Split Mgmt For Yes
5 Amend Trust Indenture Re: Foreign Ownership
Constraints Mgmt For Yes
6 Approve Computershare Trust Company of Canada as
Trustee of the Trust Mgmt For Yes
Precision Drilling Trust *PD.U* Sedol-CUSIP 740215108 ,
05/09/06 Annual Meeting
1 Elect Robert J.S. Gibson, Patrick M. Murray and
H. Garth Wiggins as Trustees of the Trust Mgmt For Yes
2 Elect W.C. (Mickey) Dunn, Brian A. Felesky,
Robert J.S. Gibson, Patrick M. Murray, Frederick
W. Pheasey, Robert L. Phillips, Hank B. Swartout
and H. Garth Wiggins as Directors of Precision
Drilling Corporation Mgmt For Yes
3 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors Mgmt For Yes
4 Other Business Mgmt Withhold No
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: Thornburg Investment Trust
By: /s/ Brian J. McMahon
Brian J. McMahon
President and principal executive officer
Date: August 28, 2006