UNITED STATES
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 811-5448
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TOTAL RETURN VARIABLE ACCOUNT
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Susan S. Newton
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
500 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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(Name and address of agents for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000
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Date of fiscal year end: December 31
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Date of reporting period: July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005
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ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORD.
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ICA File Number: 811-05448
Reporting Period: 07/01/2004 - 06/30/2005
Total Return Variable Account
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3M CO
Ticker: MMM Security ID: 88579Y101
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Vance D. Coffman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Rozanne L. Ridgway For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Louis W. Sullivan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
5 Implement China Principles Against Against Shareholder
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ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Ticker: ABT Security ID: 002824100
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director R.S. Austin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director W.S. Daley For For Management
1.3 Elect Director H.L. Fuller For For Management
1.4 Elect Director R.A. Gonzalez For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J.M. Greenberg For For Management
1.6 Elect Director J.M. Leiden For For Management
1.7 Elect Director D.A.L. Owen For For Management
1.8 Elect Director B. Powell Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director A.B. Rand For For Management
1.10 Elect Director W.A. Reynolds For For Management
1.11 Elect Director R.S. Roberts For For Management
1.12 Elect Director W.D. Smithburg For For Management
1.13 Elect Director J.R. Walter For For Management
1.14 Elect Director M.D. White For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Link Executive Compensation to Government Against Against Shareholder
Fines
4 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
5 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Operational Imact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder
TB, and Malaria Pandemic
8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
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ACCENTURE LTD BERMUDA
Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1150G111
Meeting Date: FEB 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 6, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Joe W. Forehand For Did Not Management
Vote
1.2 Elect Director Blythe J. Mcgarvie For Did Not Management
Vote
1.3 Elect Director Sir Mark Moody-Stuart For Did Not Management
Vote
2 APPROVAL OF BYE-LAW AMENDMENTS TO For Did Not Management
RELOCATE INTO THE BYE-LAWS EXISTING Vote
CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO
CLASS A COMMON SHARES OF PARTNERS AND
FORMER PARTNERS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY
THEM PRIOR TO ACCENTURE S INITIAL PUBLIC
OFFERING.
3 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
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AFLAC INCORPORATED
Ticker: AFL Security ID: 001055102
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Daniel P. Amos For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John Shelby Amos II For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael H. Armacost For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kriss Cloninger III For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Joe Frank Harris For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Elizabeth J. Hudson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Kenneth S. Janke Sr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Douglas W. Johnson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Robert B. Johnson For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Charles B. Knapp For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Hidefumi Matsui For For Management
1.12 Elect Director E. Stephen Purdom, M.D. For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Barbara K. Rimer, Ph.D. For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Marvin R. Schuster For For Management
1.15 Elect Director David Gary Thompson For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Tohru Tonoike For For Management
1.17 Elect Director Robert L. Wright For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AGL RESOURCES INC.
Ticker: ATG Security ID: 001204106
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas D. Bell, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Arthur E. Johnson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Paula Rosput Reynolds For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James A. Rubright For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Bettina M. Whyte For For Management
2 Amend Articles For For Management
3 Amend Nonqualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC.
Ticker: APD Security ID: 009158106
Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 30, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Donahue For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ursula F. Fairbairn For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John P. Jones III For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Lawrence S. Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ALLSTATE CORP., THE
Ticker: ALL Security ID: 020002101
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director F. Duane Ackerman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James G. Andress For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Edward A. Brennan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W. James Farrell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ronald T. LeMay For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Edward M. Liddy For For Management
1.8 Elect Director J. Christopher Reyes For For Management
1.9 Elect Director H. John Riley, Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Joshua I. Smith For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Judith A. Sprieser For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Mary Alice Taylor For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
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ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
Ticker: MO Security ID: 02209S103
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Elizabeth E. Bailey For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Harold Brown For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J. Dudley Fishburn For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert E. R. Huntley For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas W. Jones For For Management
1.8 Elect Director George Munoz For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management
1.10 Elect Director John S. Reed For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Carlos Slim Helu For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management
Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
6 Product Warnings for Pregnant Women Against Against Shareholder
7 Cease Use of Light and Ultra Light in Against Against Shareholder
Cigarette Marketing
8 Apply Fire Safety Standards for Against Against Shareholder
Cigarettes
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AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.
Ticker: AXP Security ID: 025816109
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Daniel F. Akerson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charlene Barshefsky For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William G. Bowen For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ursula M. Burns For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Peter R. Dolan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jan Leschly For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard A. McGinn For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Edward D. Miller For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Frank P. Popoff For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Robert D. Walter For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Company-Specific--Compensation-Related Against Against Shareholder
4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
Ticker: ADI Security ID: 032654105
Meeting Date: MAR 8, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John L. Doyle For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Christine King For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ray Stata For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder
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APACHE CORP.
Ticker: APA Security ID: 037411105
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director G. Steven Farris For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Randolph M. Ferlic For For Management
1.3 Elect Director A.D. Frazier, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John A. Kocur For For Management
2 Approve Stock Option Plan For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
5 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder
Services
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APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
Ticker: AHG Security ID: 037933108
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Vicente Anido, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director I.T. Corley For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David L. Goldsmith For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Lawrence M. Higby For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard H. Koppes For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Philip R. Lochner, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jeri L. Lose For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
Ticker: ADM Security ID: 039483102
Meeting Date: NOV 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 15, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director G. Allen Andreas For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alan L. Boeckmann For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mollie Hale Carter For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Roger S. Joslin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Patrick J. Moore For For Management
1.6 Elect Director M. Brian Mulroney For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas F. O'Neill For For Management
1.8 Elect Director O.G. Webb For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management
4 Report on Genetically Engineered Products Against Against Shareholder
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BANK OF AMERICA CORP.
Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William Barnet, III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles W. Coker For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John T. Collins For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Paul Fulton For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Management
1.7 Elect Director W. Steven Jones For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Kenneth D. Lewis For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Walter E. Massey For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Patricia E. Mitchell For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Edward L. Romero For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management
1.14 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Meredith R. Spangler For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Robert L. Tillman For For Management
1.17 Elect Director Jackie M. Ward For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
4 Director Nominee Amendment Against Against Shareholder
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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Ticker: BAX Security ID: 071813109
Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Blake E. Devitt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Joseph B. Martin, M.D., For For Management
Ph. D.
1.3 Elect Director Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas T. Stallkamp For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Albert P.L. Stroucken For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
4 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder
Services
5 Declassify the Board of Directors None For Shareholder
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BHP BILLITON PLC (FORMERLY BILLITON PLC)
Ticker: Security ID: GB0000566504
Meeting Date: JUN 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Authorise Appropriation of Distributable For For Management
Profits of the Company for the Dividend
Rectification
2 Approve Cancellation of Share Premium For For Management
Account
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BHP BILLITON PLC (FORMERLY BILLITON PLC)
Ticker: Security ID: GB0000566504
Meeting Date: NOV 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports for BHP Billiton Ltd.
2 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management
Reports for BHP Billiton Plc
3 Re-elect Don Argus as Director of BHP For For Management
Billiton Ltd.
4 Re-elect Don Argus as Director of BHP For For Management
Billiton Plc
5 Re-elect David Crawford as Director of For For Management
BHP Billiton Ltd.
6 Re-elect David Crawford as Director of For For Management
BHP Billiton Plc
7 Re-elect Charles Goodyear as Director of For For Management
BHP Billiton Ltd.
8 Re-elect Charles Goodyear as Director of For For Management
BHP Billiton Plc
9 Re-elect John Schubert as Director of BHP For For Management
Billiton Ltd.
10 Re-elect John Schubert as Director of BHP For For Management
Billiton Plc.
11 Reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors of For For Management
BHP Billiton Plc and Authorise Board to
Fix Remuneration of Auditors
12 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
USD 265,926,499
13 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of USD 61,703,675
14 Authorise 246,814,700 BHP Billiton Plc For For Management
Ordinary Shares for Market Purchase
15 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management
16 Amend BHP Billiton Ltd. and BHP Billiton For For Management
Plc Group Incentive Scheme
17 Approve BHP Billiton Ltd. and BHP For For Management
Billiton Plc Long Term Incentive Plan
18 Approve Grant of Deferred Shares and For For Management
Options under the Amended BHP Billiton
Ltd. Group Incentive Scheme and Grant of
Performance Shares under the BHP Billiton
Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan to Charles
Goodyear
19 Approve Grant of Deferred Shares and For For Management
Options under the Amended BHP Billiton
Plc Group Incentive Scheme and Grant of
Performance Shares under the BHP Billiton
Plc Long Term Incentive Plan to Mike
Salamon
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BJ SERVICES COMPANY
Ticker: BJS Security ID: 055482103
Meeting Date: MAR 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 7, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director L. William Heiligbrodt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James L. Payne For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J.W. Stewart For For Management
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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Ticker: BSX Security ID: 101137107
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ray J. Groves For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Peter M. Nicholas For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Warren B. Rudman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James R. Tobin 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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BOWATER INC.
Ticker: BOW Security ID: 102183100
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Francis J. Aguilar For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John A. Rolls For For Management
1.3 Elect Director L. Jacques Menard For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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BP PLC (FORM. BP AMOCO PLC )
Ticker: BP.PP Security ID: 055622104
Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dr D C Allen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Lord Browne For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mr J H Bryan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mr A Burgmans For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Mr I C Conn For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Mr E B Davis, Jr For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Mr D J Flint For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Dr B E Grote For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Dr A B Hayward For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Dr D S Julius For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sir Tom Mckillop For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Mr J A Manzoni For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Dr W E Massey For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Mr H M P Miles For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Sir Ian Prosser For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Mr M H Wilson For For Management
1.17 Elect Director Mr P D Sutherland For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES UP TO A For For Management
SPECIFIED AMOUNT
4 SPECIAL RESOLUTION: TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO For For Management
ALLOT A LIMITED NUMBER OF SHARES FOR CASH
WITHOUT MAKING AN OFFER TO SHAREHOLDERS
5 SPECIAL RESOLUTION: TO GIVE LIMITED For For Management
AUTHORITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF ITS OWN
SHARES BY THE COMPANY
6 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION For For Management
REPORT
7 TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF EXECUTIVE For For Management
DIRECTORS INCENTIVE PLAN
8 TO RECEIVE THE DIRECTORS ANNUAL REPORT For For Management
AND THE ACCOUNTS
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BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORP.
Ticker: BNI Security ID: 12189T104
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director A.L. Boeckmann For For Management
1.2 Elect Director V.S. Martinez For For Management
1.3 Elect Director M.F. Racicot For For Management
1.4 Elect Director R.S. Roberts For For Management
1.5 Elect Director M.K. Rose For For Management
1.6 Elect Director M.J. Shapiro For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J.C. Watts, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director R.H. West For For Management
1.9 Elect Director J.S. Whisler For For Management
1.10 Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CALPINE CORP.
Ticker: CPN Security ID: 131347106
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Peter Cartwright For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Susan C. Schwab For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Susan Wang For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CATERPILLAR INC.
Ticker: CAT Security ID: 149123101
Meeting Date: APR 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director W. Frank Blount For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John R. Brazil For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Eugene V. Fife For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gaul D. Fosler For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Peter A. Magowan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder
Pill) to Shareholder Vote
4 Report on Equipment Sales to Israel Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on Operational Imact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder
TB, and Malaria Pandemic
6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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CENDANT CORPORATION
Ticker: CD Security ID: 151313103
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Myra J. Biblowit For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Cheryl D. Mills For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Brian Mulroney For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert E. Nederlander For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ronald L. Nelson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert W. Pittman For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Pauline D. E. Richards For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenburg For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Robert F. Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Outside Director Stock For For Management
Awards/Options in Lieu of Cash
4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
5 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
6 Eliminate or Restrict Severance Against For Shareholder
Agreements (Change-in-Control)
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CHUBB CORP., THE
Ticker: CB Security ID: 171232101
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director ZOE BAIRD For For Management
1.2 Elect Director SHEILA P. BURKE For For Management
1.3 Elect Director JAMES I. CASH, JR. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director JOEL J. COHEN For For Management
1.5 Elect Director JAMES M. CORNELIUS For For Management
1.6 Elect Director JOHN D. FINNEGAN For For Management
1.7 Elect Director KLAUS J. MANGOLD For For Management
1.8 Elect Director SIR DAVID G SCHOLEY CBE For For Management
1.9 Elect Director RAYMOND G.H. SEITZ For For Management
1.10 Elect Director LAWRENCE M. SMALL For For Management
1.11 Elect Director DANIEL E. SOMERS For For Management
1.12 Elect Director KAREN HASTIE WILLIAMS For For Management
1.13 Elect Director ALFRED W. ZOLLAR For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CINERGY CORP.
Ticker: CIN Security ID: 172474108
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas E. Petry For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Mary L. Schapiro For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Philip R. Sharp For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.
Ticker: CC Security ID: 172737108
Meeting Date: JUN 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Carolyn H. Byrd For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ursula O. Fairbairn For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan Kane For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J. Patrick Spainhour For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Approve Nonqualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Ticker: CSCO Security ID: 17275R102
Meeting Date: NOV 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 20, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz For For Management
1.2 Elect Director M. Michele Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Larry R. Carter For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John T. Chambers For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Dr. James F. Gibbons For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Dr. John L. Hennessy For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James C. Morgan For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John P. Morgridge For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Donald T. Valentine For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Steven M. West For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Jerry Yang For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
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CITIGROUP INC.
Ticker: C Security ID: 172967101
Meeting Date: APR 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George David For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Kenneth T. Derr For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John M. Deutch For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Roberto Hernandez Ramirez For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Klaus Kleinfeld For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Dudley C. Mecum For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Anne Mulcahy For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Judith Rodin For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Robert E. Rubin For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Sanford I. Weill For For Management
1.17 Elect Director Robert B. Willumstad For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Limit/Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
6 Prohibit Chairman From Management Duties, Against Against Shareholder
Titles or Responsibilities
7 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
8 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
9 Review/Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
10 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder
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CNF INC.
Ticker: CNF Security ID: 12612W104
Meeting Date: APR 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Murray For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert D. Rogers For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William J. Schroeder For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Chelsea C. White III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE
Ticker: RIO.PR Security ID: 204412209
Meeting Date: AUG 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUL 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 DELIBERATION OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A For For Management
FORWARD SPLIT OF SHARES ISSUED BY THE
COMPANY, SO THAT EACH COMMON OR PREFERRED
SHARE ISSUED BY THE COMPANY WILL BE
REPRESENTED BY THREE SHARES OF THE SAME
TYPE AND CLASS, AND THE CONSEQUENT
ALTERATIONS OF ARTICLES 5 AN
2 ELECTION, BY HOLDERS OF PREFERRED CLASS For For Management
A SHARES, OF ONE MEMBER AND HIS
ALTERNATE FOR THE COMPANY S FISCAL
COUNCIL, DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE
FISCAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED BY THIS
CLASS OF SHARES, AS WELL AS THE ELECTION
BY THE COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
3 RECTIFICATION OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL For For Management
COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMPANY S MANAGEMENT FIXED BY THE
ORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
HELD ON APRIL 28, 2004.
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Ticker: CA Security ID: 204912109
Meeting Date: AUG 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 30, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Russell M. Artzt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Kenneth D. Cron For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alfonse M. D'Amato For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Gary J. Fernandes For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert E. La Blanc For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jay W. Lorsch For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Lewis S. Ranieri For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Walter P. Schuetze For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Laura S. Unger For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Review Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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CONOCOPHILLIPS
Ticker: COP Security ID: 20825C104
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 10, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director J.J. Mulva For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Norman R. Augustine For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Larry D. Horner For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Charles C. Krulak For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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CONSECO, INC.
Ticker: CNO Security ID: 208464883
Meeting Date: AUG 24, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 7, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Debra J. Perry For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Philip R. Roberts For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William J. Shea For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael T. Tokarz For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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COOPER CAMERON CORP.
Ticker: CAM Security ID: 216640102
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Peter J. Fluor For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David Ross III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Bruce W. Wilkinson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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COOPER INDUSTRIES LTD
Ticker: CBE Security ID: G24182100
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director R.M. Devlin For Did Not Management
Vote
1.2 Elect Director L.A. Hill For Did Not Management
Vote
1.3 Elect Director J.J. Postl For Did Not Management
Vote
1.4 Elect Director H.J. Riley, Jr. For Did Not Management
Vote
2 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
3 SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING COOPER TO Against Did Not Shareholder
IMPLEMENT A CODE OF CONDUCT BASED ON Vote
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION HUMAN
RIGHTS STANDARDS.
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COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.
Ticker: CFC Security ID: 222372104
Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 20, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Angelo R. Mozilo For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stanford L. Kurland For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Oscar P. Robertson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Keith P. Russell For For Management
2 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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DEERE & CO.
Ticker: DE Security ID: 244199105
Meeting Date: FEB 23, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 31, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John R. Block For For Management
1.2 Elect Director T. Kevin Dunnigan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Dipak C. Jain For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Joachim Milberg For For Management
2 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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DEVON ENERGY CORP.
Ticker: DVN Security ID: 25179M103
Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John A. Hill For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William J. Johnson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Mosbacher Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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DEX MEDIA, INC.
Ticker: DEX Security ID: 25212E100
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director George A. Burnett For For Management
1.2 Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Russell T. Lewis For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Other Business For For Management
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DIAGEO PLC (FORMERLY GUINNESS PLC)
Ticker: Security ID: GB0002374006
Meeting Date: OCT 20, 2004 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 17 Pence Per For For Management
Ordinary Share
4 Re-elect Lord Hollick of Notting Hill as For For Management
Director
5 Re-elect Nick Rose as Director For For Management
6 Re-elect Paul Walker as Director For For Management
7 Elect Todd Stitzer as Director For For Management
8 Elect Jon Symonds as Director For For Management
9 Reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors and For For Management
Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of
Auditors
10 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of GBP 44,234,986
11 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management
Treasury Shares
12 Authorise 305,752,223 Shares for Market For For Management
Purchase
13 Amend Diageo Long Term Incentive Plan For For Management
14 Amend Diageo Executive Share Option Plan For For Management
15 Amend Discretionary Incentive Plan For For Management
16 Amend Diageo 2001 Share Incentive Plan For For Management
17 Amend Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2000 For For Management
18 Amend Diageo 1999 Irish Sharesave Scheme For For Management
19 Amend Diageo Long Term Incentive Plan For For Management
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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ronald J. Calise For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Thos. E. Capps For For Management
1.4 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II 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 Mark J. Kington For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Richard L. Leatherwood For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Kenneth A. Randall For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Frank S. Royal For For Management
1.14 Elect Director S. Dallas Simmons For For Management
1.15 Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Management
2 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management
Stock Plan
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Against Against Shareholder
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DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE
Ticker: DOW Security ID: 260543103
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jacqueline K. Barton For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Anthony J. Carbone For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Barbara H. Franklin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Harold T. Shapiro For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Persistent Bioaccumulative and Against Against Shareholder
Toxic Chemicals
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E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.
Ticker: DD Security ID: 263534109
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Brown For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Curtis J. Crawford For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John T. Dillon For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Louisa C. Duemling For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Charles O. Holliday, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Masahisa Naitoh For For Management
1.9 Elect Director William K. Reilly For For Management
1.10 Elect Director H. Rodney Sharp, III For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Charles M. Vest For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Government Service of Employees Against Against Shareholder
4 Implement ILO Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder
5 Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
6 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Against Against Shareholder
8 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
9 Report on PFOA Chemical Remediation Against Against Shareholder
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ELI LILLY AND CO.
Ticker: LLY Security ID: 532457108
Meeting Date: APR 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director G.M.C. Fisher For Did Not Management
Vote
1.2 Elect Director A.G. Gilman For Did Not Management
Vote
1.3 Elect Director K.N. Horn For Did Not Management
Vote
1.4 Elect Director J. Rose For Did Not Management
Vote
2 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Did Not Shareholder
Vote
4 Review and Report on Drug Reimportation Against Did Not Shareholder
Policy Vote
5 Report on Product Availability in Canada Against Did Not Shareholder
Vote
6 Report on Political Contributions Against Did Not Shareholder
Vote
7 Adopt Policy on Performance-based Stock Against Did Not Shareholder
Option Grants Vote
8 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Did Not Shareholder
Vote
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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104
Meeting Date: FEB 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 24, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director D.N. Farr For For Management
1.2 Elect Director C.A. Peters For For Management
1.3 Elect Director D.C. Farrell For For Management
1.4 Elect Director J.W. Prueher For For Management
1.5 Elect Director R.B. Horton For For Management
2 Approve Non-Employee Director Restricted For For Management
Stock Plan
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Ratify Auditors For For Management
5 Amend Equal Employment Policy Regarding Against Against Shareholder
Sexual Orientation
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ENCANA CORP[FORMERLY PANCANADIAN ENERGY CORP
Ticker: ECA. Security ID: 292505104
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date: MAR 7, 2005
# 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 Withhold 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 Dale A. Lucas For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Ken F. McCready For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Gwyn Morgan For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Valerie A.A. Nielsen For For Management
1.12 Elect Director David P. O'Brien For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Jane L. Peverett For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Dennis A. Sharp For For Management
1.15 Elect Director James M. Stanford For For Management
2 Approve Auditors and Authorize Board to For For Management
Fix Remuneration of Auditors
3 Amend Employee Stock Option Plan For For Management
4 Approve 2:1 Stock Split For For Management
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ENTERGY CORP.
Ticker: ETR Security ID: 29364G103
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 16, 2005
# 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 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 James R. Nichols For For Management
1.11 Elect Director William A. Percy, II For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Dennis H. Reilley For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Steven V. Wilkinson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Require the Chairman of the Board Be an Against Against Shareholder
Independent Director
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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EOG RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: EOG Security ID: 26875P101
Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2005
# 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 William D. Stevens For For Management
1.6 Elect Director H. Leighton Steward For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Donald F. Textor For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Frank G. Wisner For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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EXXON MOBIL CORP.
Ticker: XOM Security ID: 30231G102
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 6, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William W. George For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James R. Houghton For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William R. Howell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Reatha Clark King For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Philip E. Lippincott For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Marilyn Carlson Nelson For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Rex W. Tillerson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Political Contributions/Activities Against Against Shareholder
4 Review/Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
5 Nominate Independent Directors with Against Against Shareholder
Industry Experience
6 Report on Payments to Indonesian Military Against Against Shareholder
7 Adopt Policy Prohibiting Discrimination Against Against Shareholder
based on Sexual Orientation
8 Report on Potential Damage of Drilling in Against Against Shareholder
Protected Regions
9 Disclose Information Supporting the Against Against Shareholder
Company Position on Climate Change
10 Report on Company Policies for Compliance Against Against Shareholder
with the Kyoto Protocol
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FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.
Ticker: FDO Security ID: 307000109
Meeting Date: JAN 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 24, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mark R. Bernstein For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Sharon Allred Decker For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Edward C. Dolby For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Glenn A. Eisenberg For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Howard R. Levine For For Management
1.6 Elect Director George R. Mahoney, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director James G. Martin For For Management
2 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FISERV, INC.
Ticker: FISV Security ID: 337738108
Meeting Date: APR 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director D.F. Dillon For For Management
1.2 Elect Director G.J. Levy For For Management
1.3 Elect Director G.M. Renwick For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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FPL GROUP, INC.
Ticker: FPL Security ID: 302571104
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Director H. Jesse Arnelle For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Director Sherry S. Barrat For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Director Robert M. Beall, For For Management
II
1.4 Elect Director Director J. Hyatt Brown For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Director James L. Camaren For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Director Lewis Hay, III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Director Rudy E. Schupp For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Director Michael H. For For Management
Thaman
1.9 Elect Director Director Hansel E. For For Management
Tookes, II
1.10 Elect Director Director Paul R. For For Management
Tregurtha
1.11 Elect Director Director Frank G. Zarb For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
Ticker: BEN Security ID: 354613101
Meeting Date: JAN 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 30, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Harmon E. Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Charles Crocker For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert D. Joffe For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles B. Johnson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Thomas H. Kean For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Chutta Ratnathicam For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Peter M. Sacerdote For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Louis E. Woodworth For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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FREDDIE MAC
Ticker: FRE Security ID: 313400301
Meeting Date: NOV 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 10, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Barbara T. Alexander For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Geoffrey T. Boisi For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michelle Engler For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard Karl Goeltz For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas S. Johnson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director William M. Lewis, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John B. Mccoy For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Eugene M. Mcquade For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Shaun F. O'Malley For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ronald F. Poe For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Stephen A. Ross For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Richard F. Syron For For Management
1.13 Elect Director William J. Turner For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management
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GAP, INC., THE
Ticker: GPS Security ID: 364760108
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Howard P. Behar For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Adrian D. P. Bellamy For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Domenico De Sole For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Donald G. Fisher For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Doris F. Fisher For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert J. Fisher For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Penelope L. Hughes For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Bob L. Martin For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jorge P. Montoya For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Paul S. Pressler For For Management
1.11 Elect Director James M. Schneider For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Mayo A. Shattuck III For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Margaret C. Whitman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
Ticker: GE Security ID: 369604103
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William M. Castell For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Dennis D. Dammerman For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ann M. Fudge For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Andrea Jung For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Alan G. Lafley For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sam Nunn For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Roger S. Penske For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Douglas A. Warner III For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Robert C. Wright For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
4 Report on Nuclear Fuel Storage Risks Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on PCB Clean-up Costs Against Against Shareholder
6 Adopt Policy on Overboarded Directors Against Against Shareholder
7 Prepare a Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder
8 Political Contributions/Activities Against Against Shareholder
9 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
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GENERAL MILLS, INC.
Ticker: GIS Security ID: 370334104
Meeting Date: SEP 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUL 29, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Stephen R. Demeritt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Livio D. Desimone For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William T. Esrey For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Judith R. Hope For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Robert L. Johnson For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Heidi G. Miller For For Management
1.8 Elect Director H. Ochoa-Brillembourg For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Michael D. Rose For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management
1.11 Elect Director A. Michael Spence For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Dorothy A. Terrell For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Establish Range For Board Size For For Management
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GILLETTE CO., THE
Ticker: G Security ID: 375766102
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael B. Gifford For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ray J. Groves For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Marjorie M. Yang For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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GLOBAL SANTA FE CORP.(FORMERLY SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORP)
Ticker: GSF Security ID: G3930E101
Meeting Date: JUN 7, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 5, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard L. George For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert E. Rose For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Stephen J. Solarz For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Nader H. Sultan For For Management
2 PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY S 2003 For For Management
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF SHARES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE
UNDER THE PLAN AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
SUCH SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FULL-VALUE
STOCK AWARDS.
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., THE
Ticker: GS Security ID: 38141G104
Meeting Date: APR 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 7, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John H. Bryan For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen Friedman For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William W. George For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Henry M. Paulson, Jr. For For Management
2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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H. J. HEINZ CO.
Ticker: HNZ Security ID: 423074103
Meeting Date: SEP 8, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 3, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William R. Johnson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles E. Bunch For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mary C. Choksi For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Peter H. Coors For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Edith E. Holiday For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Candace Kendle For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Dean R. O'Hare For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lynn C. Swann For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Thomas J. Usher For For Management
1.11 Elect Director James M. Zimmerman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., THE
Ticker: HIG Security ID: 416515104
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ramani Ayer For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ronald E. Ferguson For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Edward J. Kelly, III For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Paul G. Kirk, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Thomas M. Marra For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Gail J. McGovern For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Michael G. Morris For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert W. Selander For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Charles B. Strauss For For Management
1.10 Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert For For Management
1.11 Elect Director David K. Zwiener For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
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HASBRO, INC.
Ticker: HAS Security ID: 418056107
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Basil L. Anderson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Alan R. Batkin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John M. Connors, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director E. Gordon Gee For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Alan G. Hassenfeld For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Claudine B. Malone For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Edward M. Philip For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Eli J. Segal For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Paula Stern For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Alfred J. Verrecchia For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Adopt ILO Based Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder
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HCA, INC.
Ticker: HCA Security ID: 404119109
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Magdalena H. Averhoff, For For Management
M.D.
1.3 Elect Director Jack O. Bovender, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Richard M. Bracken For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Martin Feldstein For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Thomas F. Frist, Jr., For For Management
M.D.
1.7 Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Glenda A. Hatchett For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Charles O. Holliday, Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director T. Michael Long For For Management
1.11 Elect Director John H. McArthur For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Kent C. Nelson For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Frank S. Royal, M.D. For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Harold T. Shapiro For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
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HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
Ticker: HPQ Security ID: 428236103
Meeting Date: MAR 16, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director L.T. Babbio, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director P.C. Dunn For For Management
1.3 Elect Director R.A. Hackborn For For Management
1.4 Elect Director G.A. Keyworth For For Management
1.5 Elect Director R.E. Knowling, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director T.J. Perkins For For Management
1.7 Elect Director R.L. Ryan For For Management
1.8 Elect Director L.S. Salhany For For Management
1.9 Elect Director R.P. Wayman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management
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HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Ticker: HUB.B Security ID: 443510201
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director G. Jackson Ratcliffe For For Management
1.2 Elect Director E. Richard Brooks For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George W. Edwards, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Joel S. Hoffman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Andrew McNally IV For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Daniel J. Meyer For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Timothy H. Powers For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Daniel S. Van Riper For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Richard J. Swift For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Ticker: ITW Security ID: 452308109
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William F. Aldinger For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Birck For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Marvin D. Brailsford For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Don H. Davis, Jr. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director W. James Farrell For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Robert S. Morrison For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Harold B. Smith For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Implement China Principles Against Against Shareholder
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY LIMITED
Ticker: IR Security ID: G4776G101
Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director A.C. Berzin For Did Not Management
Vote
1.2 Elect Director H.L. Henkel For Did Not Management
Vote
1.3 Elect Director H.W. Lichtenberger For Did Not Management
Vote
1.4 Elect Director T.L. White For Did Not Management
Vote
2 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO BYE-LAW 10 OF For Did Not Management
THE BYE-LAWS TO ELIMINATE THE Vote
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
3 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO BYE-LAW 10 OF For Did Not Management
THE BYE-LAWS TO ELIMINATE CUMULATIVE Vote
VOTING IN THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
4 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
Ticker: IBM Security ID: 459200101
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Cathleen Black For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Juergen Dormann For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael L. Eskew For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Carlos Ghosn For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Minoru Makihara For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Joan E. Spero For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sidney Taurel For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Charles M. Vest For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Lorenzo H. Zambrano For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
4 Eliminate Age Discrimination in Against Against Shareholder
Retirement Benefits
5 Calculate Executive Salary Without Regard Against Against Shareholder
to Pension Income
6 Expense Stock Options Against For Shareholder
7 Report on Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
8 Report on Outsourcing Against Against Shareholder
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INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.
Ticker: IP Security ID: 460146103
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 17, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert M. Amen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Samir G. Gibara For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Charles R. Shoemate For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William G. Walter For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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ITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
Ticker: ITT Security ID: 450911102
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven R. Loranger For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Curtis J. Crawford For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Christina A. Gold For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Ralph F. Hake For For Management
1.5 Elect Director John J. Hamre For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Raymond W. LeBoeuf For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Frank T. MacInnis For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Linda S. Sanford For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Markos I. Tambakeras For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Ticker: JNJ Security ID: 478160104
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Mary Sue Coleman For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James G. Cullen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Darretta For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Michael M. E. Johns For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Arnold G. Langbo For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Leo F. Mullin For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Christine A. Poon For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Steven S. Reinemund For For Management
1.11 Elect Director David Satcher For For Management
1.12 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Director Hans W. Becherer For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Director John H. Biggs For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Director Lawrence A. For For Management
Bossidy
1.4 Elect Director Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Director James S. Crown For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Director James Dimon For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Director William H. Gray, For For Management
III
1.9 Elect Director Director William B. For For Management
Harrison, Jr
1.10 Elect Director Director Laban P. For For Management
Jackson, Jr.
1.11 Elect Director Director John W. Kessler For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Director Robert I. Lipp For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Director Richard A. For For Management
Manoogian
1.14 Elect Director Director David C. Novak For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Director William C. For For Management
Weldon
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder
5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
6 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
7 Adopt Executive Benefit Policy Against Against Shareholder
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KELLOGG CO.
Ticker: K Security ID: 487836108
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez For For Management
1.2 Elect Director A. D. David Mackay For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William C. Richardson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John L. Zabriskie For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Against Against Shareholder
(GMO)
4 Employ Financial Advisor to Explore Against Against Shareholder
Alternatives to Maximize Value
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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.
Ticker: KMB Security ID: 494368103
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John F. Bergstrom For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert W. Decherd For For Management
1.3 Elect Director G. Craig Sullivan For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Adopt ILO Based Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder
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LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
Ticker: LEH Security ID: 524908100
Meeting Date: APR 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael L. Ainslie For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John F. Akers For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard S. Fuld, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.
Ticker: LMT Security ID: 539830109
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director E.C. 'Pete' Aldridge, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Marcus C. Bennett For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Gwendolyn S. King For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Douglas H. McCorkindale For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Eugene F. Murphy For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Joseph W. Ralston For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Frank Savage For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Anne Stevens For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Robert J. Stevens For For Management
1.12 Elect Director James R. Ukropina For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Douglas C. Yearley For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Performance-Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
5 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
for All Issues
6 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
7 and amend its code of conduct and Against Against Shareholder
policies related to bidding Review Code
of Conduct on Military Contracts
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LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
Ticker: LOW Security ID: 548661107
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Robert A. Ingram For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard K. Lochridge For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert L. Johnson For For Management
2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management
Plan
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO.
Ticker: LYO Security ID: 552078107
Meeting Date: NOV 30, 2004 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: OCT 14, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
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MASCO CORP.
Ticker: MAS Security ID: 574599106
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Verne G. Istock For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David L. Johnston For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J. Michael Losh For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Dennis W. Archer For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MATTEL, INC.
Ticker: MAT Security ID: 577081102
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Eugene P. Beard For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Dolan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Eckert For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Tully M. Friedman For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Dr. Andrea L. Rich For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Christopher A. Sinclair For For Management
1.8 Elect Director G. Craig Sullivan For For Management
1.9 Elect Director John L. Vogelstein For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Kathy Brittain White For For Management
2 Ratify Auditor For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Submit Severance Agreement Against For Shareholder
(Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
5 Workplace Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder
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MBNA CORP.
Ticker: KRB Security ID: 55262L100
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James H. Berick For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Mary M. Boies For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Benjamin R. Civiletti For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Bruce L. Hammonds For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William L. Jews For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Randolph D. Lerner For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Stuart L. Markowitz, M.D. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director William B. Milstead For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Thomas G. Murdough, Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Laura S. Unger For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Expense Stock Options Against For Shareholder
4 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
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MCDONALD'S CORP.
Ticker: MCD Security ID: 580135101
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Hall Adams, Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Cary D. McMillan For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Roberts For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James A. Skinner For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Anne-Marie Slaughter For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Against Against Shareholder
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MEDIMMUNE, INC.
Ticker: MEDI Security ID: 584699102
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David M. Mott For For Management
1.3 Elect Director David Baltimore, Ph.D. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director M. James Barrett, Ph.D. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director James H. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Gordon S. Macklin For Withhold Management
1.8 Elect Director George M. Miline, Jr., For For Management
Ph.D.
1.9 Elect Director Elizabeth H.S. Wyatt For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MELLON FINANCIAL CORP.
Ticker: MEL Security ID: 58551A108
Meeting Date: APR 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Ruth E. Bruch For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Steven G. Elliott For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Edmund F. Kelly For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert Mehrabian For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Wesley W. Von Schack For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MERCK & CO., INC.
Ticker: MRK Security ID: 589331107
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William G. Bowen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Samuel O. Thier For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Peter C. Wendell For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder
4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
5 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Product Availability in Canada Against Against Shareholder
8 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
9 Report on Operational Impact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder
TB, and Malaria Pandemic
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MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
Ticker: MER Security ID: 590188108
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jill K. Conway For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Heinz-Joachim Neuburger For For Management
1.3 Elect Director E. Stanley O'Neal For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Non-Employee Director Restricted For For Management
Stock Plan
4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
5 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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METLIFE, INC
Ticker: MET Security ID: 59156R108
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Cheryl W. Grise For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James R. Houghton For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Helene L. Kaplan For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Sylvia M. Mathews For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Establish Other Board Committee Against Against Shareholder
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MICROSOFT CORP.
Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104
Meeting Date: NOV 9, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 10, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director William H. Gates III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer For For Management
1.3 Elect Director James I. Cash Jr., Ph.D. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ann McLaughlin Korologos For For Management
1.6 Elect Director David F. Marquardt For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Dr. Helmut Panke For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jon A. Shirley For For Management
2 Amend Bundled Compensation Plans For Against Management
3 Amend Bundled Compensation Plans For For Management
4 Amend Stock Option Plan For Against Management
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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MONSANTO CO.
Ticker: MON Security ID: 61166W101
Meeting Date: JAN 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: NOV 22, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John W. Bachmann For For Management
1.2 Elect Director William U. Parfet For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George H. Poste For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on Export of Hazardous Pesticides Against Against Shareholder
6 Adopt Human Rights Policy Against Against Shareholder
7 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder
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MORGAN STANLEY
Ticker: MWD Security ID: 617446448
Meeting Date: MAR 15, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John E. Jacob For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Miles L. Marsh For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Laura D'Andrea Tyson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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NALCO HOLDING COMPANY
Ticker: NLC Security ID: 62985Q101
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dr. William H. Joyce For Withhold Management
1.2 Elect Director Mr. Douglas A. Pertz For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Mr. Daniel S. Sanders For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NESTLE SA
Ticker: NESAY Security ID: CH0012056047
Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1a Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management
Reports Vote
1b Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management
and Statutory Reports Vote
2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management
Management Vote
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of CHF 8.00 per Share Vote
4a Amend Articles of Association to Separate Against Did Not Shareholder
Position of CEO and Chairman of the Board Vote
4b Amend Articles of Association to Reduce Against Did Not Shareholder
Board Terms from Five Years to Three Vote
Years; Approve Individual Election of
Board Members
4c Amend Articles of Association to Reduce Against Did Not Shareholder
Threshold for Submitting Shareholder Vote
Proposals From CHF 1 Million to CHF
100,000
5 Elect Guenter Blobel as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Ratify KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick For Did Not Management
Goerdeler SA as Auditors Vote
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NEWS CORPORATION
Ticker: NWS Security ID: 652487802
Meeting Date: OCT 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: SEP 15, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 SHARE SCHEME MEETING OF PREFERRED For For Management
SHAREHOLDERS. APPROVAL OF THE SHARE
SCHEME DESCRIBED IN THE INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM.
2 CAPITAL REDUCTION MEETING. APPROVAL OF For For Management
THE CAPITAL REDUCTION BY CANCELLATION OF
ALL SHARES IN THE COMPANY.
3 IF YOU MARK THE AGAINST BOX, YOU WILL NOT For For Management
VOTE AS REGISTERED LEGAL OWNER OF
NEWSCORP SHARES AND YOUR VOTE WILL NOT BE
COUNTED IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE SHARE
SCHEME IS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY IN
NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS VOTING AT THE
MEETINGS.
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NISOURCE INC.
Ticker: NI Security ID: 65473P105
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Steven R. McCracken For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ian M. Rolland For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John W. Thompson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management
Plan
5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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NOBLE CORP
Ticker: NE Security ID: G65422100
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 3, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Lawrence J. Chazen For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Mary P. Ricciardello For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William A. Sears For For Management
2 APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF SPECIAL For For Management
RESOLUTION OF MEMBERS TO AMEND ARTICLES
OF ASSOCIATION TO INCREASE DIRECTOR
RETIREMENT AGE.
3 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL REGARDING THE For For Management
AMENDED AND RESTATED NOBLE CORPORATION
1992 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS.
4 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE For For Management
NOBLE CORPORATION EQUITY COMPENSATION
PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS.
5 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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NOKIA CORP.
Ticker: NOK Security ID: 654902204
Meeting Date: APR 7, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 2, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
2 APPROVAL OF THE INCOME STATEMENTS AND THE For For Management
BALANCE SHEET.
3 APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL TO THE ANNUAL For For Management
GENERAL MEETING OF A DIVIDEND OF EUR 0.33
PER SHARE.
4 DISCHARGE OF THE CHAIRMAN, THE MEMBERS OF For For Management
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THE
PRESIDENT, FROM LIABILITY.
6 PROPOSAL ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD For For Management
AS PROPOSED BY THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
AND NOMINATION COMMITTEE.
7.1 Elect Directors Paul J. Collins For For Management
7.2 Elect Directors Georg Ehrnrooth For For Management
7.3 Elect Directors Bengt Holmstrom For For Management
7.4 Elect Directors Per Karlsson For For Management
7.5 Elect Directors Jorma Ollila For For Management
7.6 Elect Directors Marjorie Scardino For For Management
7.7 Elect Directors Vesa Vainio For For Management
7.8 Elect Directors Arne Wessberg For For Management
7.9 Elect Directors Dan Hesse For For Management
7.10 Elect Directors Edouard Michelin For For Management
8 APPROVAL OF THE REMUNERATION TO BE PAID For For Management
TO THE AUDITOR.
9 APPROVAL OF THE RE-ELECTION OF For For Management
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS OY AS THE AUDITORS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.
10 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL TO GRANT STOCK For For Management
OPTIONS TO SELECTED PERSONNEL OF THE
COMPANY.
11 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL OF THE BOARD TO For For Management
REDUCE THE SHARE CAPITAL THROUGH
CANCELLATION OF NOKIA SHARES HELD BY
COMPANY.
12 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD TO INCREASE For For Management
THE SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY.
13 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD TO REPURCHASE For For Management
NOKIA SHARES.
14 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD TO DISPOSE For For Management
NOKIA SHARES HELD BY THE COMPANY.
15 MARK THE FOR BOX IF YOU WISH TO INSTRUCT For Abstain Management
NOKIA S LEGAL COUNSELS TO VOTE IN THEIR
DISCRETION ON YOUR BEHALF ONLY UPON ITEM
15.
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NORTEL NETWORKS CORP.
Ticker: NT. Security ID: 656568102
Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAY 2, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Jalynn H. Bennett as Director For For Management
1.2 Elect Manfred Bischoff as Director For For Management
1.3 Elect Robert E. Brown as Director For For Management
1.4 Elect John E. Cleghorn as Director For For Management
1.5 Elect James B. Hunt, Jr. as Director For For Management
1.6 Elect Robert A. Ingram as Director For For Management
1.7 Elect John A. MacNaughton as Director For For Management
1.8 Elect John P. Manley as Director For For Management
1.9 Elect Richard D. McCormick as Director For For Management
1.10 Elect Ronald W. Osborne as Director For Withhold Management
1.11 Elect William A. Owens as Director For For Management
1.12 Elect Harry J. Pearce as Director For For Management
2 Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Adoption of the Nortel U.S. Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan, the Nortel Global Stock
Purchase Plan, and the Nortel Stock
Purchase Plan for Members of the Nortel
Savings and Retirement Program
4 Approve Adoption of Nortel 2005 Stock For For Management
Incentive Plan
5 Require Shareholder Approval of the Against Against Shareholder
Compensation of the Ten Highest Paid
Executives
6 Exclude Senior Executive's Bonuses From Against Against Shareholder
Calculation of Pensions
7 Require List of Nominees for Board of Against Against Shareholder
Directors To Have a Minimum of 25% More
Candidates Than There Are Spaces to Fill
8 Roll Back the Salary Level of All Senior Against Against Shareholder
Executives to Their Salary Level on Jan.
1, 1998
9 Take Legal or other Appropriate Action to Against Against Shareholder
Get Back Bonus and Salary Increases Given
to Senior Executives (Past and Present)
From 1998 through 2004
10 Take Legal or other Appropriate Action to Against Against Shareholder
Exclude Executives (Past and
Present)Bonuses and Salary Increases from
1998 through 2004 from Their Pensions
Calculation
11 Take Legal or other Appropriate Action to Against Against Shareholder
Get Back Compensation and Perks Paid to
Board of Directors (former and present)
From 1998 through 2004
12 Require Economy Class for All Business Against Against Shareholder
Travel of All Senior Executives, Company
Employees, and Board of Directors
13 Allow Shareholders in Attendance at AGM Against Against Shareholder
to Elect Two Additional Directors to the
Board in Addition to the Slate of
Candidates Proposed by the Existing Board
of Director's Nominating Committee at the
AGM
14 Take Legal or other Appropriate Actions Against Against Shareholder
to Get Back Fees Paid to External
Auditors From 1998 through 2004; Require
Future Auditor's Fees To Be Approved by
Shareholders at AGM
15 Require Nortel To Provide Letter to Against Against Shareholder
Regulatory Agencies With Information The
Agencies Should Have Been Looking For to
Protect Shareholders of Publicly Traded
Companies
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.
Ticker: NOC Security ID: 666807102
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 21, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Phillip Frost For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John B. Slaughter For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
4 Amend Nonemployee Director Plan (Stock For For Management
Awards in Lieu of Cash)
5 Adopt Simply Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder
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NOVARTIS AG
Ticker: NVS Security ID: CH0012005267
Meeting Date: MAR 1, 2005 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 Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management
Management Vote
3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of CHF 1.05 per Share Vote
4 Approve CHF 19 Million Reduction in Share For Did Not Management
Capital via Share Cancellation Vote
5 Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management
of Issued Share Capital Vote
6.1 Reelect Birgit Breuel as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.2 Reelect Peter Burckhardt as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.3 Reelect Alexandre Jetzer as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.4 Reelect Pierre Landolt as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.5 Reelect Ulrich Lehner as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
7 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For Did Not Management
Auditors Vote
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OFFICEMAX INC
Ticker: BCC Security ID: 67622P101
Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 21, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Warren F. Bryant For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Francesca Ruiz de For For Management
Luzuriaga
1.3 Elect Director David M. Szymanski For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Carolyn M. Ticknor For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Ward W. Woods For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder
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OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
Ticker: OI Security ID: 690768403
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Anastasia D. Kelly For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Steven R. McCracken For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John J. McMackin, Jr. For For Management
2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
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PEPSICO, INC.
Ticker: PEP Security ID: 713448108
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 11, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John F. Akers For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert E. Allen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Ray L. Hunt For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Arthur C. Martinez For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Indra K. Nooyi For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Steven S Reinemund For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Sharon P. Rockefeller For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James J. Schiro For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Cynthia M. Trudell For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Solomon D. Trujillo For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Daniel Vasella For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Corporate Political Against Against Shareholder
Contributions
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PFIZER INC.
Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 2, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management
1.2 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management
1.4 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management
1.5 Elect Director William H. Gray III For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management
1.7 Elect Director William R. Howell For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Stanley O. Ikenberry For For Management
1.9 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons For For Management
1.13 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Jean-Paul Valles For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder
4 Report on Pharmaceutical Price Restraint Against Against Shareholder
5 Review and Report on Drug Reimportation Against Against Shareholder
Policy
6 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
7 Report on Product Availability in Canada Against Against Shareholder
8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
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PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
Ticker: PNC Security ID: 693475105
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Paul W. Chellgren For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert N. Clay For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J. Gary Cooper For For Management
1.4 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard B. Kelson For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Bruce C. Lindsay For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Anthony A. Massaro For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas H. O'Brien For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jane G. Pepper For For Management
1.10 Elect Director James E. Rohr For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Lorene K. Steffes For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Dennis F. Strigl For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Stephen G. Thieke For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Thomas J. Usher For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Milton A. Washington For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Heldge H. Wehmeier For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
Ticker: PPG Security ID: 693506107
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Michele J. Hooper For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Raymond W. Leboeuf For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Robert Mehrabian For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PPL CORP.
Ticker: PPL Security ID: 69351T106
Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Frederick M. Bernthal For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John R. Biggar For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Louise K. Goeser For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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PRAXAIR, INC.
Ticker: PX Security ID: 74005P104
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Jose Alves For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Ira D. Hall For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Raymond W. Leboeuf For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Wayne T. Smith For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert L. Wood For For Management
2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management
Plan
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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REED ELSEVIER PLC(FORMERLY REED INTERNATIONAL PLC)
Ticker: Security ID: GB0007308355
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Elect Strauss Zelnick as Director For For Management
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REED ELSEVIER PLC(FORMERLY REED INTERNATIONAL PLC)
Ticker: Security ID: GB0007308355
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 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 9.6 Pence Per For For Management
Share
4 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management
Auditors of the Company
5 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management
the Auditors
6 Elect Jan Hommen as Director For For Management
7 Elect Erik Engstrom as Director For For Management
8 Re-elect Mark Armour as Director For For Management
9 Re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as Director For For Management
10 Re-elect Andrew Prozes as Director For For Management
11 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive
Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of
GBP 24,700,000
12 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management
Equity-Linked Securities without
Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate
Nominal Amount of GBP 7,900,000
13 Authorise 127,000,000 Ordinary Shares for For For Management
Market Purchase
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SANDVIK AB
Ticker: Security ID: SE0000667891
Meeting Date: JUN 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUN 17, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management
Vote
2 Elect Chairman of Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
3 Prepare and Approve List of Shareholders For Did Not Management
Vote
4 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For Did Not Management
Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting Vote
5 Approve Agenda of Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
7.1 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management
Share Cancellation Vote
7.2 Approve Issuance of Class C Shares to For Did Not Management
Facilitate Reduction in Share Capital Vote
7.3 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management
Cancellation of Class C Shares Vote
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SANDVIK AB
Ticker: Security ID: SE0000667891
Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 22, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management
Vote
2 Elect Chairman of Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
3 Prepare and Approve List of Shareholders For Did Not Management
Vote
4 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For Did Not Management
Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting Vote
5 Approve Agenda of Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
6 Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For Did Not Management
Vote
7 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management
Statutory Reports Vote
8 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management
Reports Vote
9 Approve Discharge of Board and President For Did Not Management
Vote
10 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management
Dividends of SEK 11 Per Share Vote
11 Determine Number of Members (8) and For Did Not Management
Deputy Members (0) of Board Vote
12 Approve Remuneration of Directors and For Did Not Management
Auditors Vote
13 Reelect Georg Ehrnrooth, Clas Aake For Did Not Management
Hedstroem, Sigrun Hjelmquist, Egil Vote
Myklebust, Arne Maartensson, Lars Nyberg,
Anders Nyren, and Lars Petterson as
Directors
14 Amend Articles For Did Not Management
Vote
15 Amend Articles Re: Redemption of Shares For Did Not Management
Vote
16 Authorize Chairman of Board and For Did Not Management
Representatives of Four Largest Vote
Shareholders to Serve on Nominating
Committee
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SARA LEE CORP.
Ticker: SLE Security ID: 803111103
Meeting Date: OCT 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: SEP 1, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Brenda C. Barnes For For Management
1.2 Elect Director J.T. Battenberg III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Charles W. Coker For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Willie D. Davis For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Laurette T. Koellner For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Cornelis J.A. van Lede For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Joan D. Manley For For Management
1.10 Elect Director C. Steven McMillan For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sir Ian Prosser For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Rozanne L. Ridgway For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Richard L. Thomas For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Ticker: SBC Security ID: 78387G103
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gilbert F. Amelio For For Management
1.2 Elect Director August A. Busch III For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Martin K. Eby, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director James A. Henderson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John B. McCoy For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Mary S. Metz For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Toni Rembe For For Management
1.10 Elect Director S. Donley Ritchey For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Joyce M. Roche For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Laura D'Andrea Tyson For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Patricia P. Upton For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Edward E. Whitacre, Jr For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Nonqualified Employee Stock For For Management
Purchase Plan
4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
6 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
7 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder
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SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP.
Ticker: SSCC Security ID: 832727101
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 14, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James R. Boris For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Connie K. Duckworth For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Alan E. Goldberg For For Management
1.4 Elect Director William T. Lynch, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Patrick J. Moore For For Management
1.6 Elect Director James J. O'Connor For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Jerry K. Pearlman For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas A. Reynolds, III For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Eugene C. Sit For For Management
1.10 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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SPX CORP.
Ticker: SPW Security ID: 784635104
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director J. Kermit Campbell For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Emerson U. Fullwood For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Mancuso For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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ST. PAUL TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC., THE
Ticker: STA Security ID: 792860108
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 4, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Howard P. Berkowitz For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Kenneth J. Bialkin For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Carolyn H. Byrd For For Management
1.4 Elect Director John H. Dasburg For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Leslie B. Disharoon For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Janet M. Dolan For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Jay S. Fishman For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Lawrence G. Graev For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Meryl D. Hartzband For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Thomas R. Hodgson For For Management
1.12 Elect Director William H. Kling For For Management
1.13 Elect Director James A. Lawrence For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Robert I. Lipp For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Blythe J. McGarvie For For Management
1.16 Elect Director Glen D. Nelson, M.D. For For Management
1.17 Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr. For For Management
1.18 Elect Director Jeffrey M. Peek For For Management
1.19 Elect Director Nancy A. Roseman For For Management
1.20 Elect Director Charles W. Scharf For For Management
1.21 Elect Director Gordon M. Sprenger For For Management
1.22 Elect Director Frank J. Tasco For For Management
1.23 Elect Director Laurie J. Thomsen For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
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SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
Ticker: STI Security ID: 867914103
Meeting Date: APR 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Thomas C. Farnsworth Jr. For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Patricia C. Frist For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Blake P. Garrett, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director L. Philip Humann For For Management
1.5 Elect Director M. Douglas Ivester For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Karen Hastie Williams For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Phail Wynn, Jr. For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Thomas M. Garrott, III For For Management
1.9 Elect Director E. Neville Isdell For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Management Incentive Plan For For Management
4 Approve Performance Unit Plan For For Management
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SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
Ticker: STI Security ID: 867914103
Meeting Date: SEP 15, 2004 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: JUL 30, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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SYMANTEC CORP.
Ticker: SYMC Security ID: 871503108
Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Special
Record Date: MAY 12, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management
2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management
3 Adjourn Meeting For For Management
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SYNGENTA AG
Ticker: Security ID: CH0011037469
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 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 Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management
Management Vote
3 Approve Allocation of Income and Omission For Did Not Management
of Dividends Vote
4 Approve CHF 51.4 Million Reduction in For Did Not Management
Share Capital via Cancellation of Vote
Repurchased Shares
5 Approve CHF 287.1 Million Reduction in For Did Not Management
Share Capital via Repayment of CHF 2.70 Vote
Nominal Value to Shareholders
6.1 Reelect Martin Taylor as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.2 Reelect Peter Thompson as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.3 Reelect Rolf Watter as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.4 Reelect Felix Weber as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
6.5 Elect Jacques Vincent as Director For Did Not Management
Vote
7 Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors For Did Not Management
Vote
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TENET HEALTHCARE CORP.
Ticker: THC Security ID: 88033G100
Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Trevor Fetter For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Brenda J. Gaines For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Karen M. Garrison For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Edward A. Kangas For For Management
1.5 Elect Director J. Robert Kerrey For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Floyd D. Loop, M.D. For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Richard R. Pettingill For For Management
1.8 Elect Director James A. Unruh For For Management
1.9 Elect Director J. McDonald Williams For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TIME WARNER INC
Ticker: TWX Security ID: 887317105
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 24, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James L. Barksdale For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Stephen F. Bollenbach For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Stephen M. Case For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Frank J. Caufield For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert C. Clark For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Jessica P. Einhorn For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Miles R. Gilburne For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Carla A. Hills For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Reuben Mark For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Michael A. Miles For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Kenneth J. Novack For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For For Management
1.13 Elect Director R. E. Turner For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Francis T. Vincent, Jr For For Management
1.15 Elect Director Deborah C. Wright For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder
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TJX COMPANIES, INC., THE
Ticker: TJX Security ID: 872540109
Meeting Date: JUN 7, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 18, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Gail Deegan For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Dennis F. Hightower For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John F. O'Brien For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Willow B. Shire For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management
4 Adopt ILO-Based Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder
5 Review Vendor Standards Against Against Shareholder
6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
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TOTAL SA (FORMERLY TOTAL FINA ELF S.A )
Ticker: TOT Security ID: 89151E109
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 8, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 APPROVAL OF THE PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL For Did Not Management
STATEMENTS Vote
2 APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL For Did Not Management
STATEMENTS Vote
3 ALLOCATION OF EARNINGS, DECLARATION OF For Did Not Management
DIVIDEND Vote
4 AGREEMENTS COVERED BY ARTICLE L. 225-38 For Did Not Management
OF THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL CODE Vote
5 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS For Did Not Management
TO TRADE SHARES OF THE COMPANY Vote
6 RENEWAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. PAUL For Did Not Management
DESMARAIS JR. AS A DIRECTOR Vote
7 RENEWAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. For Did Not Management
BERTRAND JACQUILLAT AS A DIRECTOR Vote
8 RENEWAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. MAURICE For Did Not Management
LIPPENS AS A DIRECTOR Vote
9 APPOINTMENT OF LORD LEVENE OF PORTSOKEN, For Did Not Management
KBE, AS A DIRECTOR Vote
10 AUTHORITY TO BOARD TO RAISE CAPITAL BY For Did Not Management
ISSUING EQUITY OR EQUITY- LINKED Vote
SECURITIES WITH PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION
RIGHTS
11 AUTHORITY TO BOARD TO RAISE CAPITAL BY For Did Not Management
ISSUING EQUITY OR EQUITY- LINKED Vote
SECURITIES WITHOUT PREFERENTIAL
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
12 AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF For Did Not Management
CAPITAL INCREASES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE L. Vote
443-5 OF THE FRENCH LABOR CODE
13 AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT SHARES OF THE Against Did Not Management
COMPANY TO EMPLOYEES AND EXECUTIVE Vote
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY AND GROUP
COMPANIES
14 AMENDED AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT SHARES TO Against Did Not Shareholder
EMPLOYEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE Vote
COMPANY AND GROUP COMPANIES
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TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.
Ticker: TM Security ID: JP3633400001
Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 31, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including For For Management
the Following Dividends: Interim JY 25,
Final JY 40, Special JY 0
2.1 Elect Director For For Management
2.2 Elect Director For For Management
2.3 Elect Director For For Management
2.4 Elect Director For For Management
2.5 Elect Director For For Management
2.6 Elect Director For For Management
2.7 Elect Director For For Management
2.8 Elect Director For For Management
2.9 Elect Director For For Management
2.10 Elect Director For For Management
2.11 Elect Director For For Management
2.12 Elect Director For For Management
2.13 Elect Director For For Management
2.14 Elect Director For For Management
2.15 Elect Director For For Management
2.16 Elect Director For For Management
2.17 Elect Director For For Management
2.18 Elect Director For For Management
2.19 Elect Director For For Management
2.20 Elect Director For For Management
2.21 Elect Director For For Management
2.22 Elect Director For For Management
2.23 Elect Director For For Management
2.24 Elect Director For For Management
2.25 Elect Director For For Management
2.26 Elect Director For For Management
3 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor For Against Management
4 Approve Executive Stock Option Plan For For Management
5 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For For Management
6 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Directors For For Management
7 Amend Articles of Incorporation to Against Against Shareholder
Require Disclosure of Individual
Compensation Levels of Directors and
Statutory Auditors
8 Amend Articles of Incorporation to Against Against Shareholder
Require Reporting of Contributions to
Political Parties and Political
Fundraising Organizations
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TRIBUNE CO.
Ticker: TRB Security ID: 896047107
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 23, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Roger Goodan For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director J. Christopher Reyes For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Dudley S. Taft For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TXU CORP.
Ticker: TXU Security ID: 873168108
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 21, 2005
# 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 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Ticker: TYC Security ID: 902124106
Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JAN 10, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Dennis C. Blair For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Edward D. Breen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director George W. Buckley For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Brian Duperreault For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Bruce S. Gordon For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Rajiv L. Gupta For For Management
1.7 Elect Director John A. Krol For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Mackey J. Mcdonald For For Management
1.9 Elect Director H. Carl Mccall For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Brendan R. O'Neill For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Sandra S. Wijnberg For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Jerome B. York For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
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U.S. BANCORP
Ticker: USB Security ID: 902973304
Meeting Date: APR 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 28, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Joel W. Johnson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director David B. O'Maley For For Management
1.3 Elect Director O'Dell M. Owens Md, Mph For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Craig D. Schnuck For Withhold Management
1.5 Elect Director Warren R. Staley For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management
4 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
5 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder
Services
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UNION PACIFIC CORP.
Ticker: UNP Security ID: 907818108
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 25, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Philip F. Anschutz For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Erroll B. Davis, Jr. For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Richard K. Davidson For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Donohue For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Archie W. Dunham For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Spencer F. Eccles For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Judith Richards Hope For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Michael W. McConnell For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Steven R. Rogel For For Management
1.10 Elect Director James R. Young For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de For For Management
Leon
2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Ticker: UTX Security ID: 913017109
Meeting Date: APR 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: FEB 15, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director George David For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Garnier For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Jamie S. Gorelick For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Charles R. Lee For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Richard D. McCormick For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Harold McGraw III For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Frank P. Popoff For For Management
1.8 Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Andre Villeneuve For For Management
1.10 Elect Director H. A. Wagner For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Christine Todd Whitman For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder
Compensation
5 Adopt Ethical Criteria for Military Against Against Shareholder
Contracts
6 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
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UNOCAL CORP.
Ticker: UCL Security ID: 915289102
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 1, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Craig Arnold For For Management
1.2 Elect Director James W. Crownover For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Donald B. Rice For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Mark A. Suwyn For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
Ticker: VZ Security ID: 92343V104
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 7, 2005
# 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 Withhold 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 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder
4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
5 Require Majority of Independent Directors Against Against Shareholder
on Board
6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
7 Amend Director/Officer Against Against Shareholder
Liability/Indemnifications Provisions
8 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
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VODAFONE GROUP PLC
Ticker: Security ID: 92857W100
Meeting Date: JUL 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: JUN 11, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1 TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS For For Management
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2 TO APPROVE THE REMUNERATION REPORT For For Management
3 TO RE-ELECT PETER BAMFORD AS A DIRECTOR For For Management
4 TO RE-ELECT JULIAN HORN-SMITH AS A For For Management
DIRECTOR
5 TO RE-ELECT SIR DAVID SCHOLEY AS A For For Management
DIRECTOR (MEMBER OF THE NOMINATIONS AND
GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE)
6 TO ELECT LUC VANDEVELDE AS A DIRECTOR For For Management
(MEMBER OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE)
7 TO APPROVE A FINAL DIVIDEND OF 1.07800 For For Management
PENCE PER ORDINARY SHARE
8 Ratify Auditors For For Management
9 TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO For For Management
DETERMINE THE AUDITORS REMUNERATION
10 TO AUTHORIZE DONATIONS UNDER THE For For Management
POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND
REFERENDUMS ACT 2000
11 TO RENEW AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES UNDER For For Management
ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION
12 TO RENEW AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY For For Management
PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 16.3 OF
THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION+
13 TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY S PURCHASE OF For For Management
ITS OWN SHARES+
14 TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY S PURCHASE OF For For Management
ITS OWN SHARES PURSUANT TO CONTINGENT
PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND OFF-MARKET
PURCHASES+
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WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Ticker: WMT Security ID: 931142103
Meeting Date: JUN 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: APR 5, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director James W. Breyer For For Management
1.2 Elect Director M. Michele Burns For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Douglas N. Daft For For Management
1.4 Elect Director David D. Glass For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Roland A. Hernandez For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John D. Opie For For Management
1.7 Elect Director J. Paul Reason For For Management
1.8 Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr. For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Jack C. Shewmaker For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Jose H. Villarreal For For Management
1.11 Elect Director John T. Walton For For Management
1.12 Elect Director S. Robson Walton For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Christopher J. Williams For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Linda S. Wolf For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Report on Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
5 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Stock Option Distribution by Against Against Shareholder
Race and Gender
7 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
8 Prepare Equal Opportunity Report Against Against Shareholder
9 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder
of Directors
10 Require Majority of Independent Directors Against Against Shareholder
on Board
11 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
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WALT DISNEY COMPANY, THE
Ticker: DIS Security ID: 254687106
Meeting Date: FEB 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: DEC 17, 2004
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director John E. Bryson For For Management
1.2 Elect Director John S. Chen For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Michael D. Eisner For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Judith L. Estrin For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert A. Iger For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Aylwin B. Lewis For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Robert W. Matschullat For For Management
1.10 Elect Director George J. Mitchell For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Gary L. Wilson For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management
4 Prohibit Greenmail Payments Against Against Shareholder
5 Report on Vendor Standards in China Against Against Shareholder
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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
Ticker: WFC Security ID: 949746101
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 8, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director J.A. Blanchard III For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Susan E. Engel For For Management
1.3 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Robert L. Joss For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Reatha Clark King For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Richard D. McCormick For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Cynthia H. Milligan For For Management
1.9 Elect Director Philip J. Quigley For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Donald B. Rice For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Judith M. Runstad For For Management
1.12 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management
1.13 Elect Director Susan G. Swenson For For Management
1.14 Elect Director Michael W. Wright For For Management
2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
3 Ratify Auditors For For Management
4 Adopt Policy on Payday Lenders Against Against Shareholder
5 Link Executive Compensation to Predatory Against Against Shareholder
Lending
6 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder
7 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder
8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
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WYETH
Ticker: WYE Security ID: 983024100
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 4, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Richard L. Carrion For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Robert Essner For For Management
1.3 Elect Director John D. Feerick For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Robert Langer For For Management
1.6 Elect Director John P. Mascotte For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Mary Lake Polan 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. Torell III For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management
4 Review and Report on Drug Reimportation Against Against Shareholder
Policy
5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder
6 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder
7 Discontinue Promotion of Premarin and Against Against Shareholder
Report on Animal Testing
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XEROX CORP.
Ticker: XRX Security ID: 984121103
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date: MAR 24, 2005
# Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor
1.1 Elect Director Glenn A. Britt For For Management
1.2 Elect Director Richard J. Harrington For For Management
1.3 Elect Director William Curt Hunter For For Management
1.4 Elect Director Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. For For Management
1.5 Elect Director Hilmar Kopper For For Management
1.6 Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen For For Management
1.7 Elect Director Robert A. McDonald For For Management
1.8 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For For Management
1.9 Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr. For For Management
1.10 Elect Director Ann N. Reese For For Management
1.11 Elect Director Stephen Robert For For Management
2 Ratify Auditors For For Management
========== END NPX REPORT
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: TOTAL RETURN VARIABLE ACCOUNT
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By (Signature and Title) ROBERT J. MANNING*
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Robert J. Manning, Principal Executive Officer
Date: August 26, 2005
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*By (Signature and Title) SUSAN S. NEWTON
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Susan S. Newton, as Attorney-in-Fact
*Executed by Susan S. Newton on behalf of Robert J. Manning pursuant to a Power
of Attorney dated July 29, 2005. (1)
(1) Incorporated by reference to MFS Municipal Series Trust (File Nos. 2-92915
and 811-4096) Post Effective Amendment No. 40 filed with the SEC via EDGAR on
July 29, 2005.