SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-07916
AllianceBernstein Utility Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York l0105
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code:
(800) 221-5672
EMILIE D. WRAPP
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York l0105
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Kathleen K. Clarke
Seward & Kissel LLP
1200 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Date of fiscal year end: November 30
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.
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ICA File Number: 811-07916
Reporting Period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010
AllianceBernstein Utility Income Fund, Inc.
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AES CORPORATION, THE
Ticker: AES Security ID: 00130H105
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Samuel W. Bodman, III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Paul Hanrahan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Tarun Khanna For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John A. Koskinen For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Philip Lader For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Sandra O. Moose For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John B. Morse, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Philip A. Odeen For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Charles O. Rossotti For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sven Sandstrom For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Approve/Amend Executive Incentive Bonus For For Management
Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AES TIETE SA
Ticker: GETI3 Security ID: P4991B119
Meeting Date: OCT 30, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Pedro de Freitas Almeida Bueno For Did Not Vote Management
Vieira as an Alternate Director
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AES TIETE SA
Ticker: AESYY Security ID: P4991B119
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For Did Not Vote Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended
Dec. 31, 2009
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Vote Management
Dividends
3 Elect Director For Did Not Vote Management
4 Elect Fiscal Council Members For Did Not Vote Management
5 Approve Remuneration of Executive For Did Not Vote Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors, and
Fiscal Council Members Paid in 2009
6 Approve Remuneration of Executive For Did Not Vote Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors, and
Fiscal Council Members
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AMERICA MOVIL S.A.B. DE C.V.
Ticker: AMXL Security ID: 02364W105
Meeting Date: APR 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: MAR 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Directors for Class L Shares For Abstain Management
2 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For For Management
Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting
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AMERICA MOVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Ticker: AMXL Security ID: 02364W105
Meeting Date: MAR 17, 2010 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: MAR 8, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Authorize Board to Carry Out Operations For Abstain Management
that Represent 20 Percent or More of
the Assets of the Consolidated Group,
in Compliance with Clause 17 of Company
Bylaws and Article 47 of the Mexican
Stock Exchange Law
2 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For Abstain Management
Approved Resolutions
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
Ticker: AEP Security ID: 025537101
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2010
# 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 James F. Cordes For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas E. Hoaglin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Lester A. Hudson, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael G. Morris For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lionel L. Nowell III For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Richard L. Sandor For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Kathryn D. Sullivan For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker For For Management
1.13 Elect Director John F. Turner For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
Ticker: AWK Security ID: 030420103
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Stephen P. Adik For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Donald L. Correll For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Martha Clark Goss For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Julie A. Dobson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard R. Grigg For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Julia L. Johnson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director George MacKenzie For For Management
1.8 Elect Director William J. Marrazzo For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ATMOS ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: ATO Security ID: 049560105
Meeting Date: FEB 3, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 10, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert W. Best For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Kim R. Cocklin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert C. Grable For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Phillip E. Nichol For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles K. Vaughan For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CALPINE CORPORATION
Ticker: CPN Security ID: 131347304
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Frank Cassidy For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jack A. Fusco For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert C. Hinckley For For Management
1.4 Elect Director David C. Merritt For For Management
1.5 Elect Director W. Benjamin Moreland For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Denise M. O'Leary For For Management
1.8 Elect Director William J. Patterson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director J. Stuart Ryan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Non-Employee Director Restricted For For Management
Stock Plan
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: CNP Security ID: 15189T107
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Donald R. Campbell For For Management
2 Elect Director Milton Carroll For For Management
3 Elect Director Derrill Cody For For Management
4 Elect Director Michael P. Johnson For For Management
5 Elect Director David M. McClanahan For For Management
6 Elect Director Robert T. O Connell For For Management
7 Elect Director Susan O. Rheney For For Management
8 Elect Director R.A. Walker For For Management
9 Elect Director Peter S. Wareing For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CENTURYTEL, INC.
Ticker: CTL Security ID: 156700106
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director W. Bruce Hanks For For Management
1.2 Elect Director C. G. Melville, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William A. Owens For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Glen F. Post, III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Change Company Name For For Management
4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
5 Report on Internet Network Management Against Against Shareholder
Practices Regarding Privacy and Freedom
of Expression
6 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
7 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder
8 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: CMS Security ID: 125896100
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Merribel S. Ayres For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jon E. Barfield For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Stephen E. Ewing For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard M. Gabrys For For Management
1.5 Elect Director David W. Joos For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Philip R. Lochner, Jr For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Michael T. Monahan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director John G. Russell For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Kenneth L. Way For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John B. Yasinsky For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Against Against Shareholder
Products and Operations
4 Report on Coal Combustion Waste Hazard Against Against Shareholder
and Risk Mitigation Efforts
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CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC.
Ticker: ED Security ID: 209115104
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Kevin Burke For For Management
2 Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco For For Management
3 Elect Director George Campbell, Jr. For For Management
4 Elect Director Gordon J. Davis For For Management
5 Elect Director Michael J. Del Giudice For For Management
6 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management
7 Elect Director John F. Hennessy, III For For Management
8 Elect Director Sally Hernandez For For Management
9 Elect Director John F. Killian For For Management
10 Elect Director Eugene R. McGrath For For Management
11 Elect Director Michael W. Ranger For For Management
12 Elect Director L. Frederick Sutherland For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder
Compensation
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COOPER INDUSTRIES PLC
Ticker: CBE Security ID: G24140108
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Reelect Stephen G. Butler as Director For For Management
1b Reelect Dan F. Smith as Director For For Management
1c Reelect Gerald B. Smith as Director For For Management
1d Reelect Mark S. Thompson as Director For For Management
2 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports
3 Approve Ernst & Young as Auditors and For For Management
Authorize the Audit Committee to Fix
Their Remuneration
4 Authorize Share Repurchase of any For For Management
Subsidiary of the Company
5 Authorise Reissuance of Repurchased For For Management
Shares
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CPFL ENERGIA S A
Ticker: CPFE3 Security ID: 126153105
Meeting Date: SEP 28, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Report on Resignation of Luiz Anibal de For For Management
Lima Fernandes as Board Mmeber
2 Elect Pedro Pullen Parente as Director For For Management
for One-Year Term
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CPFL ENERGIA S A
Ticker: CPFE3 Security ID: 126153105
Meeting Date: DEC 10, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Absorbtion of Seven For For Management
Subsidiaries
2 Ratify Hirashima And Associados For For Management
Consultoria em Transacoes Societarias
Ltd. Approve Proposed Absorption
3 Approve Appraisal Report Mentioned in For For Management
Item II
4 Approve Absortion Agreement For For Management
5 Increased Share Capital Following For For Management
Proposed Absortion
6 Amend Article 5 to Reflect Change in For For Management
Capital
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CPFL ENERGIA S A
Ticker: CPFE3 Security ID: 126153105
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended
Dec. 31, 2009
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
3 Elect Directors For Against Management
4 Elect Fiscal Council Members For For Management
5 Approve Remuneration of Executive For Abstain Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors
6 Approve Remuneration of Fiscal Council For For Management
Members
7 Assess Proposed Absorption of For For Management
Subsidiaries
8 Ratify Hirashima & Associados For For Management
Consultoria em Transacoes Societarias
Ltda and Hirashima & Associados as the
Appraisers for the Absorptions
9 Approve Appraisal Reports For For Management
10 Approve Absorption Agreements For For Management
11 Approve Increase in Share Capital For For Management
Following Proposed Absorptions
12 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in For For Management
Capital
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CTEEP - CIA. DE TRANSMISSAO DE ENERGIA ELETRICA PAULISTA
Ticker: CTPZY Security ID: P30576113
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended
Dec. 31, 2009
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
3 Elect Fiscal Council Members For For Management
4 Elect Directors For For Management
5 Approve Remuneration of Executive For For Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors, and
Fiscal Council Members
6 Amend Article 26 For For Management
7 Re-ratify Increase of Capital Approved For For Management
in EGM Aug 2009
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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 12, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William P. Barr For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell II For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John W. Harris For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Frank S. Royal For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr. For For Management
1.11 Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
6 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
7 Amend Quorum Requirements For For Management
8 Adopt Renewable Energy Production Goal Against Against Shareholder
9 Stop Construction of Nuclear Reactor at Against Against Shareholder
North Anna Facility
10 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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DPL INC.
Ticker: DPL Security ID: 233293109
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert D. Biggs For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Pamela B. Morris For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ned J. Sifferlen For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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E.ON AG (FORMERLY VEBA AG)
Ticker: EOAN Security ID: D24914133
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 16, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Receive Financial Statements and None None Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2009
(Non-Voting)
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends of EUR 1.50 per Share
3 Approve Discharge of Management Board For For Management
for Fiscal 2009
4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For For Management
for Fiscal 2009
5 Approve Remuneration System for For For Management
Management Board Members
6a Ratify PriceWaterhouseCoopers AG as For For Management
Auditors for Fiscal 2010
6b Ratify PriceWaterhouseCoopers AG as For For Management
Auditors for the Inspection of the
Abbreviated Financial Statements for
the First Half of Fiscal 2010
7 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For For Management
Reissuance or Cancellation of
Repurchased Shares
8 Approve Issuance of Warrants/Bonds with For For Management
Warrants Attached/Convertible Bonds
without Preemptive Rights up to
Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 5
Billion; Approve Creation of EUR 175
Million Pool of Capital to Guarantee
Conversion Rights
9 Amend Articles Re: Exercise of Voting For For Management
Rights at General Meeting due to New
German Legislation (Law on
Transposition of EU Shareholder's
Rights Directive)
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EDP ENERGIAS DO BRASIL SA
Ticker: ENBR3 Security ID: P3769R108
Meeting Date: APR 9, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended
Dec. 31, 2009
2 Approve Capital Budget for Upcoming For For Management
Fiscal Year
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
4 Elect Directors and Approve Their For Abstain Management
Remuneration
5 Designate Newspapers to Publish Company For For Management
Announcements
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ELETROPAULO METROPOLITANA ELETRICIDADE DE SAO PAULO S.A
Ticker: ELPL3 Security ID: P36476151
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended
Dec. 31, 2009
2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
3 Elect Directors For For Management
4 Elect Fiscal Council Members For For Management
5 Ratify Remuneration of Executive For For Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors, and
Fiscal Council Members Paid in 2009
6 Approve Remuneration of Executive For For Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors, and
Fiscal Council Members for the Current
Fiscal Term
7 Approve Changes to the Distribution For For Management
Contract Signed between the Company and
the Federal Government
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ENTERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: ETR Security ID: 29364G103
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Maureen Scannell Bateman For For Management
2 Elect Director W. Frank Blount For For Management
3 Elect Director Gary W. Edwards For For Management
4 Elect Director Alexis M. Herman For For Management
5 Elect Director Donald C. Hintz For For Management
6 Elect Director J. Wayne Leonard For For Management
7 Elect Director Stuart L. Levenick For For Management
8 Elect Director Stewart C. Myers For For Management
9 Elect Director James R. Nichols For For Management
10 Elect Director William A. Percy, II For For Management
11 Elect Director W.J. Tauzin For For Management
12 Elect Director Steven V. Wilkinson For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
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EQT CORPORATION
Ticker: EQT Security ID: 26884L109
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 10, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Vicky A. Bailey 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 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
4 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder
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EXELON CORPORATION
Ticker: EXC Security ID: 30161N101
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director John A. Canning, Jr. For For Management
2 Elect Director M. Walter D'Alessio For For Management
3 Elect Director Nicholas DeBenedictis For For Management
4 Elect Director Bruce DeMars For For Management
5 Elect Director Nelson A. Diaz For For Management
6 Elect Director Sue L. Gin For For Management
7 Elect Director Rosemarie B. Greco For For Management
8 Elect Director Paul L. Joskow For For Management
9 Elect Director Richard W. Mies For For Management
10 Elect Director John M. Palms For For Management
11 Elect Director William C. Richardson For For Management
12 Elect Director Thomas J. Ridge For For Management
13 Elect Director John W. Rogers, Jr. For For Management
14 Elect Director John W. Rowe For For Management
15 Elect Director Stephen D. Steinour For For Management
16 Elect Director Don Thompson For For Management
17 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
18 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FIRSTENERGY CORP.
Ticker: FE Security ID: 337932107
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul T. Addison For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Anthony J. Alexander For Withhold Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Anderson For Withhold Management
1.4 Elect Director Carol A. Cartwright For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director William T. Cottle For Withhold Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert B. Heisler, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.7 Elect Director Ernest J. Novak, Jr. For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For Withhold Management
1.9 Elect Director George M. Smart For Withhold Management
1.10 Elect Director Wes M. Taylor For Withhold Management
1.11 Elect Director Jesse T. Williams, Sr. For Withhold Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Bylaws-- Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder
4 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder
5 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder
6 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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FPL GROUP, INC.
Ticker: FPL Security ID: 302571104
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert M. Beall, II For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J. Hyatt Brown For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James L. Camaren For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J. Brian Ferguson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lewis Hay, III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Toni Jennings For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Rudy E. Schupp For For Management
1.10 Elect Director William H. Swanson For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Michael H. Thaman For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Hansel E. Tookes, II For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Change Company Name For For Management
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HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS CO. LTD.
Ticker: 3 Security ID: Y33370100
Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 17, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports
2 Approve Final Dividend For For Management
3a Reelect Leung Hay Man as Director For For Management
3b Reelect Lee Ka Kit as Director For For Management
3c Reelect James Kwan Yuk Choi as Director For For Management
3d Reelect Poon Chung Kwong as Director For For Management
4 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as For For Management
Auditors and Authorize the Board to Fix
Their Remuneration
5 Approve Director's Fee, Additional Fee For For Management
for the Chairman and Fee for Each
Member of the Audit Committee
6a Authorize Capitalization of Reserves For For Management
for Bonus Issue
6b Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10 For For Management
Percent of Issued Share Capital
6c Approve Issuance of Equity or For Against Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights
6d Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased For Against Management
Shares
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ITC HOLDINGS CORP.
Ticker: ITC Security ID: 465685105
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 5, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Edward G. Jepsen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard D. McLellan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William J. Museler For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Hazel R. O'Leary For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gordon Bennett Stewart, For For Management
III
1.6 Elect Director Lee C. Stewart For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Joseph L. Welch For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP.
Ticker: NJR Security ID: 646025106
Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 1, 2009
# 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 Robert B. Evans For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Alfred C. Koeppe For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NRG ENERGY INC
Ticker: NRG Security ID: 629377508
Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2009 Meeting Type: Proxy Contest
Record Date: JUN 15, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
Management Proxy (White Card) None None
1.1 Elect Director John F. Chlebowski For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Howard E. Cosgrove For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William E. Hantke For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Anne C. Schaumburg For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
6 Report on Carbon Principles Against Against Shareholder
7 Change Size of Board of Directors Against Against Shareholder
8 Repeal Amendments Adopted Without Against Against Shareholder
Stockholder Approval After February 26,
2008
# Proposal Diss Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
Dissident Proxy (Blue Card) None None
1.1 Elect Director Betsy S. Atkins For None Shareholder
1.2 Elect Director Ralph E. Faison For None Shareholder
1.3 Elect Director Coleman Peterson For None Shareholder
1.4 Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert For None Shareholder
2 Change Size of Board of Directors For None Shareholder
3 Elect Director Donald DeFosset For None Shareholder
4 Elect Director Richard H. Koppes For None Shareholder
5 Elect Director John M. Albertine For None Shareholder
6 Elect Director Marjorie L. Bowen For None Shareholder
7 Elect Director Ralph G. Wellington For None Shareholder
8 Repeal Amendments Adopted Without For None Shareholder
Stockholder Approval After February 26,
2008
9 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For None Management
10 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For None Management
11 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For None Management
Election of Directors
12 Ratify Auditors For None Management
13 Report on Carbon Principles None None Shareholder
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NSTAR
Ticker: NST Security ID: 67019E107
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management
2 Elect Director James S. DiStasio For For Management
3 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ONEOK, INC.
Ticker: OKE Security ID: 682680103
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director James C. Day For For Management
2 Elect Director Julie H. Edwards For For Management
3 Elect Director William L. Ford For For Management
4 Elect Director John W. Gibson For For Management
5 Elect Director David L. Kyle For For Management
6 Elect Director Bert H. Mackie For For Management
7 Elect Director Jim W. Mogg For For Management
8 Elect Director Pattye L. Moore For For Management
9 Elect Director Gary D. Parker For For Management
10 Elect Director Eduardo A. Rodriguez For For Management
11 Elect Director Gerald B. Smith For For Management
12 Elect Director David J. Tippeconnic For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PG&E CORPORATION
Ticker: PCG Security ID: 69331C108
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director David R. Andrews For For Management
2 Elect Director Lewis Chew For For Management
3 Elect Director C. Lee Cox For For Management
4 Elect Director Peter A. Darbee For For Management
5 Elect Director Maryellen C. Herringer For For Management
6 Elect Director Roger H. Kimmel For For Management
7 Elect Director Richard A. Meserve For For Management
8 Elect Director Forrest E. Miller For For Management
9 Elect Director Rosendo G. Parra For For Management
10 Elect Director Barbara L. Rambo For For Management
11 Elect Director Barry Lawson Williams For For Management
12 Ratify Auditors For For Management
13 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
14 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
15 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
16 Limits for Directors Involved with Against Against Shareholder
Bankruptcy
17 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
Ticker: PNW Security ID: 723484101
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Edward N. Basha, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Donald E. Brandt For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Susan Clark-Johnson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Denis A. Cortese For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Michael L. Gallagher For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Pamela Grant For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Roy A. Herberger, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Humberto S. Lopez For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Kathryn L. Munro For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Bruce J. Nordstrom For For Management
1.11 Elect Director W. Douglas Parker For For Management
2 Provide Right to Call Special Meeting For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PPL CORPORATION
Ticker: PPL Security ID: 69351T106
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 26, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Stuart E. Graham For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stuart Heydt For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Craig A. Rogerson For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
5 Require a Majority Vote for the Against For Shareholder
Election of Directors
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PROGRESS ENERGY, INC.
Ticker: PGN Security ID: 743263105
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 5, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director John D. Baker, II For For Management
2 Elect Director James E. Bostic, Jr. For For Management
3 Elect Director Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. For For Management
4 Elect Director James B. Hyler, Jr. For For Management
5 Elect Director William D. Johnson For For Management
6 Elect Director Robert W. Jones For For Management
7 Elect Director W. Steven Jones For For Management
8 Elect Director Melquiades R. Martinez For For Management
9 Elect Director E. Marie McKee For For Management
10 Elect Director John H. Mullin, III For For Management
11 Elect Director Charles W. Pryor, Jr. For For Management
12 Elect Director Carlos A. Saladrigas For For Management
13 Elect Director Theresa M. Stone For For Management
14 Elect Director Alfred C. Tollison, Jr. For For Management
15 Ratify Auditors For For Management
16 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
Ticker: PEG Security ID: 744573106
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 19, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Albert R. Gamper, Jr. For For Management
2 Elect Director Conrad K. Harper For For Management
3 Elect Director William V. Hickey For For Management
4 Elect Director Ralph Izzo For For Management
5 Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson For For Management
6 Elect Director David Lilley For For Management
7 Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi For For Management
8 Elect Director Hak Cheol Shin For For Management
9 Elect Director Richard J. Swift For For Management
10 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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QUESTAR CORPORATION
Ticker: STR Security ID: 748356102
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 9, 2010
# 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 James A. Harmon For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert E. McKee For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gary G. Michael For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Charles B. Stanley For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
5 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
6 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Ticker: Q Security ID: 749121109
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Edward A. Mueller For For Management
2 Elect Director Charles L. Biggs For For Management
3 Elect Director K. Dane Brooksher For For Management
4 Elect Director Peter S. Hellman For For Management
5 Elect Director R. David Hoover For For Management
6 Elect Director Patrick J. Martin For For Management
7 Elect Director Caroline Matthews For For Management
8 Elect Director Wayne W. Murdy For For Management
9 Elect Director Jan L. Murley For For Management
10 Elect Director Michael J. Roberts For For Management
11 Elect Director James A. Unruh For For Management
12 Elect Director Anthony Welters For For Management
13 Ratify Auditors For For Management
14 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
15 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against Against Shareholder
16 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
17 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder
18 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder
Special Meetings
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SEMPRA ENERGY
Ticker: SRE Security ID: 816851109
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director James G. Brocksmith Jr. For For Management
2 Elect Director Donald E. Felsinger For For Management
3 Elect Director Wilford D. Godbold Jr. For For Management
4 Elect Director William D. Jones For For Management
5 Elect Director William G. Ouchi For For Management
6 Elect Director Carlos Ruiz For For Management
7 Elect Director William C. Rusnack For For Management
8 Elect Director William P. Rutledge For For Management
9 Elect Director Lynn Schenk For For Management
10 Elect Director Neal E. Schmale For For Management
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
12 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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SOUTHERN COMPANY, THE
Ticker: SO Security ID: 842587107
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 30, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director J. P. Baranco For For Management
1.2 Elect Director J. A. Boscia For For Management
1.3 Elect Director H. A. Clark III For For Management
1.4 Elect Director H. W. Habermeyer, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director V. M. Hagen For For Management
1.6 Elect Director W. A. Hood, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director D. M. James For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. N. Purcell For For Management
1.9 Elect Director D. M. Ratcliffe For For Management
1.10 Elect Director W. G. Smith, Jr. For For Management
1.11 Elect Director L. D. Thompson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management
Election of Directors
4 Eliminate Cumulative Voting For For Management
5 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
6 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Against Against Shareholder
Products and Operations
7 Report on Coal Combustion Waste Hazard Against Against Shareholder
and Risk Mitigation Efforts
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TIME WARNER CABLE INC.
Ticker: TWC Security ID: 88732J207
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Carole Black For For Management
2 Elect Director Glenn A. Britt For For Management
3 Elect Director Thomas H. Castro For For Management
4 Elect Director David C. Chang For For Management
5 Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr. For For Management
6 Elect Director Peter R. Haje For For Management
7 Elect Director Donna A. James For For Management
8 Elect Director Don Logan For For Management
9 Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr. For For Management
10 Elect Director Wayne H. Pace For For Management
11 Elect Director Edward D. Shirley For For Management
12 Elect Director John E. Sununu For For Management
13 Ratification Of Auditors For For Management
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TORTOISE ENERGY CAPITAL CORPORATION
Ticker: TYY Security ID: 89147U100
Meeting Date: SEP 11, 2009 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUN 29, 2009
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Investment Advisory Agreement For For Management
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TORTOISE ENERGY CAPITAL CORPORATION
Ticker: TYY Security ID: 89147U100
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John R. Graham For For Management
2 Approve Sale of Common Stock Below Net For For Management
Asset Value
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TRACTEBEL ENERGIA S.A. (FORMERLY CENTRAIS GERADORAS DO SUL DO BRASIL)
Ticker: TBLE3 Security ID: P9208W103
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year Ended
Dec. 31, 2009
2 Approve Capital Budget for Upcoming For For Management
Fiscal Year
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management
Dividends
4 Approve Employees' Bonuses For Abstain Management
5 Approve Remuneration of Executive For Abstain Management
Officers, Non-Executive Directors, and
Fiscal Council Members
6 Elect Fiscal Council Members For For Management
7 Approve Resignation of Alternate For For Management
Director
8 Elect Directors For For Management
9 Designate Newspapers to Publish Company For For Management
Announcements
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TRACTEBEL ENERGIA S.A. (FORMERLY CENTRAIS GERADORAS DO SUL DO BRASIL)
Ticker: TBLE3 Security ID: P9208W103
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2010 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Renewal of the Service Contract For For Management
Between the Company and Suez-Tractebel
SA
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WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., THE
Ticker: WMB Security ID: 969457100
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 29, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Kathleen B. Cooper For For Management
2 Elect Director William R. Granberry For For Management
3 Elect Director William G. Lowrie For For Management
4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
5 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
6 Ratify Auditors For For Management
7 Report on Environmental Impacts of Against Against Shareholder
Natural Gas Fracturing
8 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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WINDSTREAM CORP.
Ticker: WIN Security ID: 97381W104
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Director Carol B. Armitage For For Management
2 Elect Director Samuel E. Beall, III For For Management
3 Elect Director Dennis E. Foster For For Management
4 Elect Director Francis X. Frantz For For Management
5 Elect Director Jeffery R. Gardner For For Management
6 Elect Director Jeffrey T. Hinson For For Management
7 Elect Director Judy K. Jones For For Management
8 Elect Director William A. Montgomery For For Management
9 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
10 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management
Officers' Compensation
11 Ratify Auditors For For Management
12 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder
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WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
Ticker: WEC Security ID: 976657106
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John F. Bergstrom For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Barbara L. Bowles For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Patricia W. Chadwick For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert A. Cornog For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Curt S. Culver For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas J. Fischer For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Gale E. Klappa For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Ulice Payne, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Frederick P. Stratton, For For Management
Jr.
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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XCEL ENERGY INC.
Ticker: XEL Security ID: 98389B100
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect DirectorFredric W. Corrigan For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard K. Davis For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Benjamin G.S. Fowke, III For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard C. Kelly For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Albert F. Moreno For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Christopher J. For For Management
Policinski
1.7 Elect Director A. Patricia Sampson For For Management
1.8 Elect Director David A. Westerlund For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Kim Williams For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Timothy V. Wolf For For Management
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder
Officers' Compensation
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XINAO GAS HOLDINGS LTD.
Ticker: 2688 Security ID: G9826J104
Meeting Date: JUN 30, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 23, 2010
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management
Statutory Reports
2 Approve Final Dividend For For Management
3a Reelect Cheung Yip Sang as Director For For Management
3b Reelect Zhao Baoju as Director For For Management
3c Reelect Jin Yongsheng as Director For For Management
3d Reelect Wang Guangtian as Director For For Management
3e Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management
Directors
4 Reappoint Auditors and Authorize Board For For Management
to Fix Their Remuneration
5a Approve Issuance of Equity or For Against Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Preemptive Rights
5b Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10 For For Management
Percent of Issued Share Capital
5c Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased For Against Management
Shares
6 Change Company Name to ENN Energy For For Management
Holdings Ltd. and Adopt Company's
Chinese Name
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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: AllianceBernstein Utility Income
Fund, Inc.
By: Robert M. Keith*
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Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 30, 2010
*By: /s/ Emilie D. Wrapp
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Emilie D. Wrapp
Secretary