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 811-22006
Name of Fund: BlackRock Global Equity Income Trust (BFD)
Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive
Officer, BlackRock Global Equity Income Trust, 800 Scudders Mill Road,
Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4
Date of fiscal year end: 10/31 Date of reporting period: 07/01/2007 --
06/30/2008 Item 1 -- Proxy Voting Record -- Attached hereto.
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.
BlackRock Global Equity Income Trust
By: /s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock Global Equity Income Trust
Date: August 25, 2008
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ICA File Number: 811-22006
Reporting Period: 07/01/2007 - 06/30/2008
BlackRock Global Equity Income Trust
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ALSTOM
Ticker: ALO Security ID: F0259M475
Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: JUN 19, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management
Statutory Reports Vote
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management
and Statutory Reports Vote
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of EUR 1.60 per Share Vote
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management
Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote
5 Approve Transaction with Patrick Kron For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Ratify Appointment of Bouygues as For Did Not Management
Director Vote
7 Reelect Jean-Paul Bechat as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
8 Reelect Pascal Colombani as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
9 Reelect Gerard Hauser as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
10 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management
of Issued Share Capital Vote
11 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
EUR 600 Million
12 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities without Vote
Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal
Amount of EUR 250 Million
13 Authorize Capital Increase of up to 10 For Did Not Management
Percent of Issued Capital for Future Vote
Acquisitions
14 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For Did Not Management
Vote
15 Authorize Board to Issue Shares Reserved For Did Not Management
for Share Purchase Plan for Employees of Vote
Subsidiaries
16 Approve 1 for 2 Stock Split and Amend For Did Not Management
Bylaws Accordingly Vote
17 Amend Article 15 of Bylaws Re: Electronic For Did Not Management
Voting, Voting Rights Vote
18 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management
Documents/Other Formalities Vote
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AUTODESK, INC.
Ticker: ADSK Security ID: 052769106
Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 14, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz For For Management
2 Elect Director Carl Bass For For Management
3 Elect Director Mark A. Bertelsen For For Management
4 Elect Director Crawford W. Beveridge For For Management
5 Elect Director J. Hallam Dawson For For Management
6 Elect Director Per-Kristian Halvorsen For For Management
7 Elect Director Sean M. Maloney For For Management
8 Elect Director Elizabeth A. Nelson For For Management
9 Elect Director Charles J. Robel For For Management
10 Elect Director Steven M. West For For Management
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
12 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock For For Management
Plan
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BANCO SANTANDER S.A.
Ticker: SAN Security ID: E19790109
Meeting Date: JUN 20, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Individual and Consolidated For Did Not Management
Financial Statements and Statutory Vote
Reports and Discharge Directors for
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
2 Approve Allocation of Income For Did Not Management
Vote
3.1 Ratify Juan Rodriguez Inciarte to the For Did Not Management
Board of Directors Vote
3.2 Reelect Luis Alberto Salazar-Simpson Bos For Did Not Management
to the Board of Directors Vote
3.3 Reelect Luis Angel Rojo Duque to the For Did Not Management
Board of Directors Vote
3.4 Reelect Emilio Botin-Sanz de Sautuola y For Did Not Management
Garcia de los Rios to the Board of Vote
Directors
4 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
5 Authorize Repurchase of Shares in For Did Not Management
Accordance With Article 75 of Corporate Vote
Law; Void Authorization Granted on June
23, 2007
6 Approve New Corporate Bylaws and Void For Did Not Management
Effective Ones Vote
7 Amend Article 8 of the General Meeting For Did Not Management
Guidelines Vote
8 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities without Vote
Preemptive Rights in Accordance to
Article 153 1.a) of the Spanish Corporate
Law; Void Authorization Granted at the
AGM held on June 23, 2007
9 Grant Board Authorization to Issue For Did Not Management
Convertible and/or Exchangeable Debt Vote
Securities without Preemptive Rights
10 Authorize Issuance of Non-Convertible For Did Not Management
Fixed Income Securities Vote
11.1 Approve Bundled Incentive Plans Linked to For Did Not Management
Predetermined Requirements such as Total Vote
Return Results and EPS
11.2 Approve Savings Plan for Abbey National For Did Not Management
Plc' Employees and other Companies of Vote
Santander Group in the U.K.
12 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For Did Not Management
Approved Resolutions Vote
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CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: CHK Security ID: 165167107
Meeting Date: JUN 6, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 14, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Aubrey K. McClendon For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Don Nickles For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
Ticker: DTLSF Security ID: D2035M136
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2007 Vote
(Non-Voting)
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of EUR 0.78 per Share Vote
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management
Fiscal 2007 Vote
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management
for Fiscal 2007 Vote
5 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG and For Did Not Management
Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for Fiscal Vote
2008
6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management
Reissuance or Cancellation of Repurchased Vote
Shares
7 Elect Ulrich Lehner to the Supervisory For Did Not Management
Board Vote
8 Elect Hans Bury to the Supervisory Board For Did Not Management
Vote
9 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Lambda Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
10 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Omikron Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
11 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Theta Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
12 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Eta Telekommunikationsdienste Vote
GmbH
13 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Epsilon Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
14 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Omega Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
15 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Sigma Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
16 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management
Subsidiary Kappa Vote
Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
17 Amend Articles Re: Remuneration Policy For Did Not Management
for Nominating Committee Vote
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EBAY INC.
Ticker: EBAY Security ID: 278642103
Meeting Date: JUN 19, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 21, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Fred D. Anderson For For Management
2 Elect Director Edward W. Barnholt For For Management
3 Elect Director Scott D. Cook For For Management
4 Elect Director John J. Donahoe For For Management
5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
6 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FIRST SOLAR INC
Ticker: FSLR Security ID: 336433107
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 17, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Ahearn For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Craig Kennedy For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James F. Nolan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Thomas Presby For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Bruce Sohn For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Paul H. Stebbins For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Michael Sweeney For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jose H. Villarreal For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC.
Ticker: FCX Security ID: 35671D857
Meeting Date: JUN 5, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 15, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard C. Adkerson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Allison, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Day For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gerald J. Ford For For Management
1.5 Elect Director H. Devon Graham, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director J. Bennett Johnston For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Charles C. Krulak For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Bobby Lee Lackey For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jon C. Madonna For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Dustan E. McCoy For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Gabrielle K. McDonald For For Management
1.12 Elect Director James R. Moffett For For Management
1.13 Elect Director B.M. Rankin, Jr. For For Management
1.14 Elect Director J. Stapleton Roy For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Stephen H. Siegele For For Management
1.16 Elect Director J. Taylor Wharton For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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HBOS PLC
Ticker: HBOS Security ID: G4364D106
Meeting Date: JUN 26, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Increase Auth. Ordinary Share Capital to For Did Not Management
GBP 5.3B, EUR 3.0B, USD 5.0B, AUD 1.0B, Vote
CAD 1.0B and JPY 100B; Issue Equity with
Rights up to GBP 800M (Ordinary Shares)
and GBP 2.9B, EUR 3.0B, USD 4.9B, AUD
1.0B, CAD 1.0B, and JPY 100B (HBOS
Preference Shares)
2 Authorise Issue of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities without Vote
Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of GBP 65,609,629
3 Approve Increase in Authorised Ordinary For Did Not Management
Share Capital by GBP 100,000,000; Vote
Capitalise Reserves up to GBP 100,000,000
(Scrip Dividend); Authorise Issue of
Equity with Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP
100,000,000
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LAM RESEARCH CORP.
Ticker: LRCX Security ID: 512807108
Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 25, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James W. Bagley For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David G. Arscott For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert M. Berdahl For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard J. Elkus, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jack R. Harris For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Grant M. Inman For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Catherine P. Lego For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Stephen G. Newberry For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director Seiichi Watanabe For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Patricia S. Wolpert For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
Ticker: NYB Security ID: 649445103
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 16, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dominick Ciampa For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William C. Frederick, M.D. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Max L. Kupferberg For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Spiros J. Voutsinas For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert Wann For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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OPAP (GREEK ORGANISATION OF FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICS SA)
Ticker: OPAP Security ID: X3232T104
Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Amend Company Articles For Did Not Management
Vote
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PRUDENTIAL PLC
Ticker: PUKPF Security ID: G72899100
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management
Reports Vote
2 Approve Remuneration Report For Did Not Management
Vote
3 Re-elect Keki Dadiseth as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
4 Re-elect Kathleen O'Donovan as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
5 Re-elect James Ross as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Re-elect Lord Turnbull as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
7 Elect Sir Winfried Bischoff as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
8 Elect Ann Godbehere as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
9 Elect Tidjane Thiam as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
10 Reappoint KPMG Audit plc as Auditors of For Did Not Management
the Company Vote
11 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For Did Not Management
Auditors Vote
12 Approve Final Dividend of 12.3 Pence Per For Did Not Management
Ordinary Share Vote
13 Approve New Remuneration Arrangements for For Did Not Management
the Chief Executive of M&G; Approve the Vote
Participation of the Chief Executive of
M&G in the M&G Executive Long-Term
Incentive Plan
14 Authorise Issue of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Vote
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
GBP 41,150,000
15 Authorise Issue of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities without Vote
Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of GBP 6,175,000
16 Authorise 247,000,000 Ordinary Shares for For Did Not Management
Market Purchase Vote
17 Adopt New Articles of Association For Did Not Management
Vote
18 Amend Articles of Association Re: For Did Not Management
Directors' Qualification Shares Vote
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ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC, THE
Ticker: RBS Security ID: G76891111
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Increase in Authorised Share For Did Not Management
Capital by 6,123,010,462 Ordinary Shares; Vote
Authorise Issue of Equity or
Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
GBP 2,364,677,687
2 Approve Increase in Authorised Share For Did Not Management
Capital by 1,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares; Vote
Authorise Capitalisation of Reserves up
to GBP 250,000,000; Authorise Issue of
Equity with Pre-emptive Rights up to GBP
250,000,000 (Capitalisation of Reserves)
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TESCO PLC
Ticker: TSCO Security ID: G87621101
Meeting Date: JUN 27, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management
Reports Vote
2 Approve Remuneration Report For Did Not Management
Vote
3 Approve Final Dividend of 7.7 Pence Per For Did Not Management
Ordinary Share Vote
4 Re-elect Charles Allen as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
5 Re-elect Harald Einsmann as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Re-elect Rodney Chase as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
7 Re-elect Karen Cook as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
8 Re-elect Sir Terry Leahy as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
9 Re-elect Tim Mason as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
10 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For Did Not Management
Auditors of the Company Vote
11 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For Did Not Management
Auditors Vote
12 Authorise Issue of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Vote
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
GBP 130,800,000
13 Subject to and Conditional Upon the For Did Not Management
Passing of Resolution 12, Authorise Issue Vote
of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities
without Pre-emptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP
19,600,000
14 Authorise 784,800,000 Ordinary Shares for For Did Not Management
Market Purchase Vote
15 Auth. Company and Its Subsidiaries to For Did Not Management
Make EU Political Donations to Political Vote
Parties or Independent Election
Candidates up to GBP 0.1M, to Political
Org. Other Than Political Parties up to
GBP 0.1M and to Incur EU Political
Expenditure up to GBP 0.1M
16 Adopt New Articles of Association; Amend For Did Not Management
New Articles of Association Vote
17 Resolved that the Company Sets a Against Did Not Shareholder
Commitment to Take Appropriate Measures Vote
to Ensure that Chickens Purchased for
Sale by the Company are Produced in
Systems Capable of Providing the Five
Freedoms
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TOTAL SA
Ticker: FP Security ID: F92124100
Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2008 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: MAY 13, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management
Statutory Reports Vote
2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management
and Statutory Reports Vote
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of EUR 2.07 per Share Vote
4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management
Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote
5 Approve Transaction with Thierry For Did Not Management
Desmarest Vote
6 Approve Transaction with Christophe de For Did Not Management
Margerie Vote
7 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management
of Issued Share Capital Vote
8 Reelect Paul Desmarais Jr. as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
9 Reelect Bertrand Jacquillat as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
10 Reelect Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken as For Did Not Management
Director Vote
11 Elect Patricia Barbizet as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
12 Elect Claude Mandil as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
13 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
EUR 2.5 billion
14 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management
Equity-Linked Securities without Vote
Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal
Amount of EUR 875 million
15 Authorize Capital Increase of up to 10 For Did Not Management
Percent of Issued Capital for Future Vote
Acquisitions
16 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For Did Not Management
Vote
17 Authorize up to 0.8 Percent of Issued For Did Not Management
Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote
A Dismiss Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani Against Did Not Shareholder
Vote
B Amend Articles of Association Re: Against Did Not Shareholder
Attendance Statistics of Directors at Vote
Board
Meetings and at Each Board's
Committee Meetings
C Authorize up to 0.2 Percent of Issued Against Did Not Shareholder
Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote
to the Benefit of All Company Employees
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WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC
Ticker: WM Security ID: 939322103
Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2008 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: APR 15, 2008
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
2 Approve Conversion of Securities For For Management
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