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 811-06180
Name of Fund: Merrill Lynch Utilities & Telecommunications
Fund, Inc.
Fund Address: P.O. Box 9011
Princeton, NJ 08543-9011
Name and address of agent for service:
Terry K. Glenn, President, Merrill Lynch Utilities &
Telecommunications Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road,
Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011,
Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 282-2800
Date of fiscal year end: 11/30/2004
Date of reporting period: 07/01/03 - 06/30/04
Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record
The information contained herein discloses the following information
for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any
shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and
with respect to which the registrant was entitled to vote:
(a) The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;
(b) The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security;
(c) The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures
("CUSIP") number for the portfolio security;
(d) The shareholder meeting date;
(e) A brief identification of the matter voted on;
(f) Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security
holder;
(g) Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter;
(h) How the registrant cast its vote; and
(i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management.
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ICA File Number: 811-06180
Reporting Period: 07/01/2003 - 06/30/2004
Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.
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AGL RESOURCES INC.
Ticker: ATG Security ID: 001204106
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 20, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas D. Bell, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Durham For For Management
1.3 Elect Director D. Raymond Riddle For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Felker W. Ward, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Henry C. Wolf For For Management
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ALLTEL CORP.
Ticker: AT Security ID: 020039103
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 24, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Scott T. Ford For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, For For Management
III
1.3 Elect Director Emon A. Mahony, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ronald Townsend For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Ammend EEO - Sexual Orientation Against For Shareholder
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AMEREN CORPORATION
Ticker: AEE Security ID: 023608102
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Susan S. Elliott For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Clifford L. Greenwalt For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thomas A. Hays For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard A. Liddy For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gordon R. Lohman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Richard A. Lumpkin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John Peters MacCarthy For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Paul L. Miller, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Charles W. Mueller For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Douglas R. Oberhelman For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gary L. Rainwater For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Harvey Saligman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Risks of Nuclear Waste Storage Against Against Shareholder
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
Ticker: AEP Security ID: 025537101
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 3, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director E. R. Brooks For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Donald M. Carlton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John P. DesBarres For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert W. Fri For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William R. Howell For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lester A. Hudson, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Leonard J. Kujawa For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael G. Morris For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard L. Sandor For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Donald G. Smith For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Kathryn D. Sullivan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit Severance Agreement Against Against Shareholder
(Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
4 Submit Executive Pension Benefit to Vote Against Against Shareholder
5 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder
Services
6 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder
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AT&T CORP.
Ticker: T Security ID: 001957505
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 25, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Directors William F. Aldinger For For Management
1.2 Elect Directors Kenneth T. Derr For For Management
1.3 Elect Directors David W. Dorman For For Management
1.4 Elect Directors M. Kathryn Eickhoff For For Management
1.5 Elect Directors Herbet L. Henkel For For Management
1.6 Elect Directors Frank C. Herringer For For Management
1.7 Elect Directors Shirley Ann Jackson For For Management
1.8 Elect Directors Jon C. Madonna For For Management
1.9 Elect Directors Donald F. McHenry For For Management
1.10 Elect Directors Tony L. White For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder
5 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.
Ticker: AWE Security ID: 00209A106
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2.1 Elect Director Nobuharu Ono For For Management
2.2 Elect Director Carolyn M. Ticknor For For Management
2.3 Elect Director John D. Zeglis For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
5 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
6 Require Affirmative Vote of a Majority of Against Against Shareholder
the Shares to Elect Directors
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BCE INC.
Ticker: BCE. Security ID: 05534B109
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: APR 5, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Andre Berard For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ronald Brenneman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard Currie For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Anthony Fell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Donna Kaufman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas Kierans For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Brian Levitt For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Edward Lumley For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Judith Maxwell For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John McArthur For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Thomas O'Neill For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Robert Pozen For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Michael Sabia For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Paul Tellier For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Victor Young For For Management
2 Appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Disclose Director Nominee Directorships For For Shareholder
for Past Five Years
4 Prohibit CEO from Sitting on Other Boards Against Against Shareholder
5 Disclose Total Value of Pension Benefits Against Against Shareholder
of Senior Executives
6 Adopt By-Law Providing that Insiders Give Against Against Shareholder
Notice of Stock Trades and Stock Option
Exercises
7 Prohibit Auditors from Providing Against Against Shareholder
Non-Audit Services
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BELLSOUTH CORP.
Ticker: BLS Security ID: 079860102
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James H. Blanchard For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Armando M. Codina For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Leo F. Mullin For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
6 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder
Contributions/Activities
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CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP.
Ticker: CVC Security ID: 12686C109
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 5, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Charles D. Ferris For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Hochman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Victor Oristano For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Vincent Tese For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas V. Reifenheiser For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John R. Ryan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CENTURYTEL, INC.
Ticker: CTL Security ID: 156700106
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William R. Boles, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director W. Bruce Hanks For For Management
1.3 Elect Director C.G. Melville, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Glen F. Post, III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CHINA RESOURCES POWER HOLDINGS CO LTD
Ticker: Security ID: HK0836012952
Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2a Reelect Song Lin as Director For For Management
2b Reelect Wang Shuai Ting as Director For For Management
2c Reelect Shen Zhong Min as Director For For Management
2d Reelect Tang Cheng as Director For For Management
2e Reelect Zhang Shen Wen as Director For For Management
2f Reelect Ning Gao Ning as Director For For Management
2g Reelect Jiang Wei as Director For For Management
2h Reelect Wu Jing Ru as Director For For Management
2i Reelect Fong Ching, Eddy as Director For For Management
2j Reelect Anthony Adams as Director For For Management
2k Approve Remuneration of Directors For For Management
3 Reappoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
4 Approve Repurchase of Up to 10 Percent of For For Management
Issued Capital
5 Approve Issuance of Equity or For Against Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights
6 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased For For Management
Shares
7 Adopt Amended Articles of Association For For Management
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CINERGY CORP.
Ticker: CIN Security ID: 172474108
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 5, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael G. Browning For For Management
1.2 Elect Director George C. Juilfs For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Dudley S. Taft For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS CO.
Ticker: CZN Security ID: 17453B101
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Aaron I. Fleischman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Rudy J. Graf For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Stanley Harfenist For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Andrew N. Heine For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William M. Kraus For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Scott N. Schneider For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John L. Schroeder For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert A. Stanger For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Edwin Tornberg For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Claire L. Tow For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Leonard Tow For For Management
1.12 Elect Director David H. Ward For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit Severance Agreement Against Against Shareholder
(Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
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CLECO CORPORATION
Ticker: CNL Security ID: 12561W105
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sherian G. Cadoria For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard B. Crowell For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director David M. Eppler For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director W. Larry Westbrook For For Management
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CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
Ticker: CEG Security ID: 210371100
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James T. Brady For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James R. Curtiss For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Edward J. Kelly, III For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Lawless For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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DEVON ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: DVN Security ID: 25179M103
Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 9, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas F. Ferguson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Peter J. Fluor For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David M. Gavin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael E. Gellert For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Susan B. Allen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ronald J. Calise For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thos. E. Capps For For Management
1.5 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John W. Harris For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard L. Leatherwood For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Kenneth A. Randall For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Frank S. Royal For For Management
1.13 Elect Director S. Dallas Simmons For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Robert H. Spilman For For Management
1.15 Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit Executive Compensation to Vote Against Against Shareholder
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DTE ENERGY CO.
Ticker: DTE Security ID: 233331107
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Anthony F. Earley, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Allan D. Gilmour For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Frank M. Hennessey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gail J. McGovern For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Josue Robles, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EDISON INTERNATIONAL
Ticker: EIX Security ID: 281020107
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John E. Bryson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director France A. Cordova For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Bradford M. Freeman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Bruce Karatz For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Luis G. Nogales For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ronald L. Olson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James M. Rosser For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Richard T. Schlosberg, For For Management
III
1.9 Elect Director Robert H. Smith For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas C. Sutton For For Management
2 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against Against Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
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ENAGAS SA
Ticker: Security ID: ES0130960018
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports, Allocation of Income,
and Discharge Directors
2 Fix Number of Directors; Elect Directors For For Management
3 Amend Articles 27, 31 Re: Meeting For For Management
Attendance and Right to Information,
Respectively
4 Approve General Meeting Guidelines For For Management
5 Approve Remuneration of Directors For For Management
6 Approve Auditors For For Management
7 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For For Management
Approved Resolutions
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ENCANA CORP[FORMERLY PANCANADIAN ENERGY CORP
Ticker: ECA. Security ID: CA2925051047
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: MAR 8, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael N. Chernoff For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ralph S. Cunningham For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Patrick D. Daniel For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ian W. Delaney For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William R. Fatt For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Michael A. Grandin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Barry W. Harrison For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Richard F. Haskayne For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Dale A. Lucas For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ken F. McCready For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gwyn Morgan For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Valerie A.A. Nielsen For For Management
1.13 Elect Director David P. O'Brien For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Jane L. Peverett For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Dennis A. Sharp For For Management
1.16 Elect Director James M. Stanford For For Management
2 Approve Auditors and Authorize Board to For For Management
Fix Remuneration of Auditors
3 Adopt New By-Law No. 1 For For Management
4 Amend Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison For Against Management
Pill)
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ENDESA S.A.
Ticker: Security ID: ES0130670112
Meeting Date: APR 1, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Financial Statements and For For Management
Discharge Directors
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
3 Amend Articles 16 and 33 Re: Issue of For For Management
Debt and Right to Information, and
Include New Article Re: Remote Voting
4 Amend General Meeting Guidelines via For For Management
Amendment to Articles 9 (Right to
Information), 12 (Public Request for
Representation) and 18 (Interventions),
and New Article Re: Remote Voting
5 Elect Management Board For For Management
6 Approve Auditors For For Management
7 Authorize Share Repurchase For For Management
8 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For For Management
Approved Resolutions
9 Information Re: Board Guidelines For For Management
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ENERGY EAST CORPORATION
Ticker: EAS Security ID: 29266M109
Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard Aurelio For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James A. Carrigg For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David M. Jagger For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ben E. Lynch For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Eliminate Cumulative Voting For For Management
4 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ENTERGY CORP.
Ticker: ETR Security ID: 29364G103
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Maureen Scannell Bateman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director W. Frank Blount For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Simon D. deBree For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Claiborne P. Deming For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Alexis M. Herman For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Donald C. Hintz For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J. Wayne Leonard For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert v.d. Luft For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Kathleen A. Murphy For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Paul W. Murrill For For Management
1.11 Elect Director James R. Nichols For For Management
1.12 Elect Director William A. Percy, II For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Dennis H. Reilley For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Wm. Clifford Smith For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Bismark A. Steinhagen For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Steven V. Wilkinson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit Severance Agreement Against Against Shareholder
(Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
4 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
5 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
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EOG RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: EOG Security ID: 26875P101
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director George A. Alcorn For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles R. Crisp For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mark G. Papa For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edmund P. Segner, III For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Donald F. Textor For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Frank G. Wisner For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Other Business For Against Management
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EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: EQT Security ID: 294549100
Meeting Date: APR 14, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 17, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lee T. Todd, Jr., Ph.D. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Murry S. Gerber For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George L. Miles, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James W. Whalen For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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EXELON CORP.
Ticker: EXC Security ID: 30161N101
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Nicholas DeBenedictis For For Management
1.2 Elect Director G. Fred Dibona, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Sue L. Gin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edgar D. Jannotta For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
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FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: FE Security ID: 337932107
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul T. Addison For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ernest J. Novak, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John M. Pietruski For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert C. Savage For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
5 Approve Deferred Compensation Plan For For Management
6 Approve Deferred Compensation Plan For For Management
7 Expense Stock Options Against For Shareholder
8 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
9 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder
Contributions/Activities
10 Submit Severance Agreement Against Against Shareholder
(Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
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FPL GROUP, INC.
Ticker: FPL Security ID: 302571104
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director H. Jesse Arnelle For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert M. Beall, Ii For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Hyatt Brown For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James L. Camaren For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lewis Hay III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Frederic V. Malek For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael H. Thaman For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Paul R. Tregurtha For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Frank G. Zarb For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
5 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
6 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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IBERDROLA S.A.
Ticker: Security ID: ES0144580018
Meeting Date: APR 2, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Financial Statements, Allocation For For Management
of Income and Dividends, and Discharge
Directors
2 Adopt New Articles of Association For For Management
3 Approve General Meeting Guidelines; For For Management
Information on Board Guidelines
4 Approve Merger by Absorption of For For Management
Subsidiaries Iberdrola Gas S.A. and Star
21 Networks Espana, S.A.
5 Authorize Issuance of Convertible Bonds For For Management
and/or Warrants without Preemptive Rights
with a Maximum Limit of EUR 1 Billion
6 Authorize Issuance of Convertible Bonds For For Management
and/or Warrants with Preemptive Rights
with a Maximum Limit of EUR 1 Billion
7 Authorize Issuance of Bonds/Debentures up For For Management
to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1.2
Billion, or EUR 1.5 Billion in the Case
of Debentures
8 Authorize Repurchase of Shares and Reduce For For Management
Capital Via Cancellation of Repurchased
Shares
9 Approve Listing of Shares on Secondary For For Management
Exchanges in Spain or Overseas
10 Approve Creation of Foundations For For Management
11 Approve Auditors For For Management
12 Ratify Appointment of Directors For For Management
13 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For For Management
Approved Resolutions
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KEYSPAN CORPORATION
Ticker: KSE Security ID: 49337W100
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert B. Catell For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Andrea S. Christensen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan H. Fishman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Atwood Ives For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James R. Jones For For Management
1.6 Elect Director James L. Larocca For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Gloria C. Larson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Stephen W. Mckessy For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Edward D. Miller For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Vikki L. Pryor For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
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KINDER MORGAN, INC.
Ticker: KMI Security ID: 49455P101
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Charles W. Battey For For Management
1.2 Elect Director H. A. True, III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Fayez Sarofim For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
4 Prepare a Sustainability Report Against For Shareholder
5 Expense Stock Options Against For Shareholder
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NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO.
Ticker: NFG Security ID: 636180101
Meeting Date: FEB 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 22, 2003
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Philip C. Ackerman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Bernard S. Lee For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For Against Management
3 Limit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
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NATIONAL GRID TRANSCO PLC (FORMERLY NATIONAL GRID GROUP PLC,
Ticker: NGG Security ID: GB0031223877
Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2 Approve Final Dividend of 10.34 Pence Per For For Management
Share
3 Elect Nick Winser as Director For For Management
4 Elect John Parker as Director For For Management
5 Elect Steve Lucas as Director For For Management
6 Elect John Wybrew as Director For For Management
7 Elect Kenneth Harvey as Director For For Management
8 Elect Stephen Pettit as Director For For Management
9 Elect George Rose as Director For For Management
10 Reelect Steve Holliday as Director For For Management
11 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
12 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
13 Authorize 307,722,000 Shares for Share For For Management
Repurchase Program
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NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP.
Ticker: NJR Security ID: 646025106
Meeting Date: JAN 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 12, 2003
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lawrence R. Codey For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Laurence M. Downes For For Management
1.3 Elect Director R. Barbara Gotenstein For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Alfred C. Koeppe For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William H. Turner For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NII HOLDINGS, INC.
Ticker: NIHD Security ID: 62913F201
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 25, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven P. Dussek For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Steven M. Shindler For For Management
2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Adjourn Meeting For Against Management
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NISOURCE INC.
Ticker: NI Security ID: 65473P105
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven C. Beering For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Dennis E. Foster For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard L. Thompson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NSTAR
Ticker: NST Security ID: 67019E107
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Daniel Dennis For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Matina S. Horner For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
2 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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NTT DOCOMO INC.
Ticker: Security ID: JP3165650007
Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including For For Management
the Following Dividends: Interim JY 500,
Final JY 500, Special JY 500
2 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For For Management
3 Amend Articles to: Authorize Share For Against Management
Repurchases at Board's Discretion
4.1 Elect Director For For Management
4.2 Elect Director For For Management
4.3 Elect Director For For Management
4.4 Elect Director For For Management
4.5 Elect Director For For Management
4.6 Elect Director For For Management
4.7 Elect Director For For Management
4.8 Elect Director For For Management
4.9 Elect Director For For Management
4.10 Elect Director For For Management
4.11 Elect Director For For Management
4.12 Elect Director For For Management
4.13 Elect Director For For Management
4.14 Elect Director For For Management
4.15 Elect Director For For Management
4.16 Elect Director For For Management
4.17 Elect Director For For Management
4.18 Elect Director For For Management
4.19 Elect Director For For Management
4.20 Elect Director For For Management
4.21 Elect Director For For Management
4.22 Elect Director For For Management
4.23 Elect Director For For Management
4.24 Elect Director For For Management
4.25 Elect Director For For Management
5 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor For For Management
6 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Directors For Against Management
and Statutory Auditor
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OGE ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: OGE Security ID: 670837103
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Luke R. Corbett For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert Kelley For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J.D. Williams For For Management
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ONEOK, INC.
Ticker: OKE Security ID: 682680103
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 25, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William M. Bell For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Julie H. Edwards For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Pattye L. Moore For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J.D. Scott For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James C. Day For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PEABODY ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: BTU Security ID: 704549104
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William A. Coley For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Irl F. Engelhardt For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William C. Rusnack For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Alan H. Washkowitz For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Require Majority of Independent Directors Against Against Shareholder
on Board
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PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC.
Ticker: POM Security ID: 713291102
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jack B. Dunn, IV For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard B. McGlynn For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Peter F. O'Malley For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Frank K. Ross For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William T. Torgerson For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP.
Ticker: PNW Security ID: 723484101
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 19, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Roy A. Herberger, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Humberto S. Lopez For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Kathryn L. Munro For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William L. Stewart For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Nuclear Fuel Storage Risks Against Against Shareholder
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PPL CORP.
Ticker: PPL Security ID: 69351T106
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 27, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William F. Hecht For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stuart Heydt For For Management
1.3 Elect Director W. Keith Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PROGRESS ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: PGN Security ID: 743263105
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 5, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Charles Coker For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert McGehee For For Management
1.3 Elect Director E. Marie McKee For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Peter Rummell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jean Wittner For For Management
2 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC.
Ticker: PEG Security ID: 744573106
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 20, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Albert R. Gamper, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ernest H. Drew For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William V. Hickey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard J. Swift For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Require Two Candidates for Each Board Against Against Shareholder
Seat
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QUESTAR CORP.
Ticker: STR Security ID: 748356102
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Teresa Beck For For Management
1.2 Elect Director R.D. Cash For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert E. McKee III For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Gary G. Michael For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles B. Stanley For For Management
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
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SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Ticker: SBC Security ID: 78387G103
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James E. Barnes For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James A. Henderson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John B. McCoy For For Management
1.4 Elect Director S. Donley Ritchey For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Joyce M. Roche For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Patricia P. Upton For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Bylaws For For Management
4 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder
Contributions/Activities
5 Change Size of Board of Directors Against Against Shareholder
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SCANA CORPORATION
Ticker: SCG Security ID: 80589M102
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William B. Bookhart, Jr For For Management
1.2 Elect Director W. Hayne Hipp For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Harold C. Stowe For For Management
1.4 Elect Director G. Smedes York For For Management
2 Approve Outside Director Stock Awards in For For Management
Lieu of Cash
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC (FRM.HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLC
Ticker: SCTZ40 Security ID: GB0007908733
Meeting Date: JUL 24, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
3 Approve Final Dividend of 24.5 Pence Per For For Management
Ordinary Share
4 Elect Gregor Alexander as Director For For Management
5 Elect Rene Medori as Director For For Management
6 Elect Susan Rice as Director For For Management
7 Elect Robert Smith as Director For For Management
8 Reelect Colin Hood as Director For For Management
9 Reelect David Payne as Director For For Management
10 Reelect David Sigsworth as Director For For Management
11 Approve KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration
12 Approve Increase in Remuneration of For For Management
Nonexecutive Directors to GBP 400,000
13 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal
Amount of GBP 21,452,330
14 Authorize 85,809,319 Ordinary Shares for For For Management
Share Repurchase Program
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SCOTTISH POWER PLC
Ticker: SPI Security ID: GB0006900707
Meeting Date: JUL 25, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
3 Elect Nick Rose as Director For For Management
4 Elect Donald Brydon as Director For For Management
5 Reelect Charles Smith as Director For For Management
6 Reelect David Nish as Director For For Management
7 Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
8 Authorize EU Political Donations up to For For Management
GBP 100,000
9 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal
Amount of GBP 46,403,949
10 Authorize 185,615,798 Shares for Share For For Management
Repurchase Program
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SOUTHERN COMPANY
Ticker: SO Security ID: 842587107
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Daniel P. Amos For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Dorrit J. Bern For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Francis S. Blake For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas F. Chapman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director H. Allen Franklin For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Bruce S. Gordon For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Donald M. James For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Zack T. Pate For For Management
1.9 Elect Director J. Neal Purcell For For Management
1.10 Elect Director David M. Ratcliffe For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gerald J. St. Pe For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Outside Director Stock in Lieu of For For Management
Cash
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SPRINT CORP.
Ticker: FON Security ID: 852061506
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 20, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gordon M. Bethune For For Management
1.2 Elect Director E. Linn Draper, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Deborah A. Henretta For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Linda Koch Lorimer For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Foreign Outsourcing Against Against Shareholder
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STRATOS GLOBAL CORP
Ticker: SGB. Security ID: CA8629261022
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: APR 13, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Charles W. Bissegger, Josef J. For For Management
Fridman, John M. Green, Janice I.
Obuchowski, David R. Oliver, James J.
Parm, Edward Reevey, Stephen G. Wetmore,
Charles W. White as Directors
2 Approve Auditors and Authorize Board to For For Management
Fix Remuneration of Auditors
3 Amend Stock Option Plan to Adopt Tandem For For Management
Stock Appreciation Rights
4 Amend Stock Option Plan to Increase the For For Management
Size of the Plan
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TELEFONICA S.A. (FORMERLY TELEFONICA DE ESPANA, S.A.)
Ticker: TEF Security ID: ES0178430E18
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Financial Statements, Allocation For For Management
of Income, and Discharge Directors
2 Approve Dividend Per Share For For Management
3 Approve Auditors For For Management
4 Authorize Repurchase of Shares For For Management
5 Approve General Meeting Guidelines For For Management
6 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For For Management
Approved Resolutions
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TXU CORP.
Ticker: TXU Security ID: 873168108
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Derek C. Bonham For For Management
1.2 Elect Director E. Gail de Planque For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William M. Griffin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kerney Laday For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jack E. Little For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Erle Nye For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J.E. Oesterreicher For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael W. Ranger For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Herbert H. Richardson For For Management
1.10 Elect Director C. John Wilder For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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UNITED UTILITIES PLC
Ticker: Security ID: GB0006462336
Meeting Date: JUL 30, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2 Approve Final Dividend of 32.1 Pence Per For For Management
Share
3 Reelect John Roberts as Director For For Management
4 Reelect Gordon Waters as Director For For Management
5 Reelect Jane Newell as Director For For Management
6 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
7 Approve Deloitte and Touche as Auditors For For Management
and Authorize Board to Fix Their
Remuneration
8 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
GBP 185,565,137
9 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal
Amount of GBP 27,834,770
10 Authorize 55,669,541 Ordinary Shares for For For Management
Share Repurchase Program
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
Ticker: VZ Security ID: 92343V104
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James R. Barker For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard L. Carrion For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert W. Lane For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Sandra O. Moose For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Joseph Neubauer For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas H. O'Brien For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John R. Stafford For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Robert D. Storey For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
4 Require Majority of Independent Directors Against Against Shareholder
on Board
5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
6 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against Against Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
7 Submit Executive Compensation to Vote Against Against Shareholder
8 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
9 Report on Stock Option Distribution by Against Against Shareholder
Race and Gender
10 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder
Contributions/Activities
11 Cease Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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VODAFONE GROUP PLC
Ticker: Security ID: 92857W100
Meeting Date: JUL 30, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports
2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
3 Reelect Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth as For For Management
Director
4 Reelect Kenneth Hydon as Director For For Management
5 Reelect Thomas Geitner as Director For For Management
6 Reelect Alec Broers as Director For For Management
7 Reelect Juergen Schrempp as Director For For Management
8 Elect John Buchanan as Director For For Management
9 Approve Final Dividend of 0.8983 Pence For For Management
Per Share
10 Ratify Deloitte and Touche as Auditors For For Management
11 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management
Auditors
12 Authorize EU Political Donations up to For For Management
GBP 100,000
13 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
USD 900,000,000
14 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal
Amount of USD 340,000,000
15 Authorize 6,800,000,000 Shares for Share For For Management
Repurchase Program
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WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION
Ticker: WWCA Security ID: 95988E204
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John W. Stanton For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John L. Bunce, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mitchell R. Cohen For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Daniel J. Evans For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Theresa E. Gillespie For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jonathan M. Nelson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Peggy V. Phillips For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Mikal J. Thomsen For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Peter H. van Oppen For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management
4 Other Business For Against Management
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WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: WEC Security ID: 976657106
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert A. Cornog For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Gale E. Klappa For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Frederick P. Stratton, For For Management
Jr.
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
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.
Merrill Lynch Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Terry K. Glenn
Terry K. Glenn,
President of Merrill Lynch Utilities & Telecommunications
Fund, Inc.
Date: August 10, 2004