FORM N - PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number: 811-02281 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) The Hartford Income Shares Fund, Inc. (Address of principal executive offices) 200 Hopmeadow Street Simsbury, CT 06089 (Name and address of agent for service) Edward P. Macdonald, Esquire Life Law Unit The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 200 Hopmeadow Street Simsbury, CT 06089 Registrant 's telephone number, including area code: (860) 843-9934 Date of Fiscal year-end: July 31, 2009 Date of reporting period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010 Item 1. Proxy Voting Record The Hartford Income Shares Fund, Inc. Investment Company Report 07/01/09 - 06/30/10 Delta Air Lines Inc Ticker Security ID: Meeting Date Meeting Status DALRQ CUSIP 247361 06/30/2010 Voted Meeting Type Country of Trade Annual United States Issue No. Description Proponent Mgmt Rec Vote Cast For/Agnst Mgmt 1 Elect Richard Anderson Mgmt For For For 2 Elect Edward Bastian Mgmt For For For 3 Elect Roy Bostock Mgmt For For For 4 Elect John Brinzo Mgmt For For For 5 Elect Daniel Carp Mgmt For For For 6 Elect John Engler Mgmt For For For 7 Elect Mickey Foret Mgmt For For For 8 Elect David Goode Mgmt For For For 9 Elect Paula Reynolds Mgmt For For For 10 Elect Kenneth Rogers Mgmt For For For 11 Elect Rodney Slater Mgmt For For For 12 Elect Douglas Streenland Mgmt For For For 13 Elect Kenneth Woodrow Mgmt For For For 14 Ratification of Auditor Mgmt For For For 15 Shareholder Proposal Regarding ShrHldr Against Against For Cumulative Voting XO Holdings, Inc. Ticker Security ID: Meeting Date Meeting Status XOHO CUSIP 98417K106 06/17/2010 Voted Meeting Type Country of Trade Annual United States Issue No. Description Proponent Mgmt Rec Vote Cast For/Agnst Mgmt 1.1 Elect Carl Icahn Mgmt For For For 1.2 Elect Carl Grivner Mgmt For For For 1.3 Elect David Schechter Mgmt For For For 1.4 Elect Fredrik Gradin Mgmt For For For 1.5 Elect Vincent Intrieri Mgmt For Withhold Against 1.6 Elect Robert Knauss Mgmt For Withhold Against 1.7 Elect Keith Meister Mgmt For Withhold Against 1.8 Elect Harold First Mgmt For For For 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. The Hartford Income Shares Fund, Inc. (Registrant) By /s/ Robert Arena President ---------------------------------- (Signature & Title) Date August 27, 2010