FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-21416
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Amanda Spring
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-225-5291
Date of Fiscal year-end: 6/30/2005
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2005
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Account Number: 12734700 JH Tax Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
ISSUER NAME TICKER CUSIP MTG DATE MTG TYPE
Proposal Type Voted? Vote For/Agnst Mgmt
Alliant Energy Corp LNT 018802108 5/19/05 Annual
1.01 Elect William D. Harvey MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Singleton B. McAllister MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Anthony R. Weiler MGMT YES FOR FOR
Ameren Corp AEE 023608102 4/26/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Susan S. Elliott MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Gayle P.W. Jackson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect James C. Johnson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Richard A. Liddy MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Gordon R. Lohman MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Richard A. Lumpkin MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Paul L. Miller Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Charles W. Mueller MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.09 Elect Douglas R. Oberhelman MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect Gary L. Rainwater MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.11 Elect Harvey Saligman MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.12 Elect Patrick T. Stokes MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
3.00 Review nuclear facility/waste SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST
4.00 Independent board chairman SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
American Electric Power AEP 025537101 4/26/05 Annual 1.01 Elect E. Richard
Brooks MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Donald M. Carlton MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect John P. DesBarres MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Robert W. Fri MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.05 Elect William R. Howell MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Lester A.
Hudson Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Michael G. Morris MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Lionel L. Nowell III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Richard L. Sandor
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10 Elect Donald G. Smith MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect
Kathryn D. Sullivan MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT
YES FOR FOR 3.00 Add Shares to Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Amend Stock Incentive Plan
4.00 SP - Approve extra benefits under SERPs SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
AmSouth Bancorporation ASO 032165102 4/21/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Earnest W. Deavenport Jr. MGMT YES WHOLD AGNST
1.02 Elect James R. Malone MGMT YES WHOLD AGNST
1.03 Elect Ronald L. Kuehn Jr. MGMT YES WHOLD AGNST
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
3.00 Review political spending or lobbying SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST
Atmos Energy Corp ATO 049560105 2/9/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Travis W. Bain II MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Dan Busbee MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Richard K. Gordon MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Gene C. Koonce MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Nancy K. Quinn MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Increase authorized common stock MGMT YES FOR FOR
Bank of America Corp BAC 060505104 4/27/05 Annual 1.01 Elect William Barnet
III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Charles W. Coker MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
John T. Collins MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Gary L. Countryman MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.05 Elect Paul Fulton MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Charles K. Gifford
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect W. Steven Jones MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect
Kenneth D. Lewis MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Walter E. Massey MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.10 Elect Thomas J. May MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Patricia E. Mitchell
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Edward L. Romero MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.13 Elect
Thomas M. Ryan MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.14 Elect O. Temple Sloan Jr. MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.15 Elect Meredith R. Spangler MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.16 Elect Robert L.
Tillman MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.17 Elect Jacquelyn M. Ward MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00
Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Review political spending
or lobbying SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST 4.00 Double board nominees SHLDR YES
AGNST FOR
BB&T Corp BBT 054937107 4/26/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Alfred E. Cleveland MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Anna R. Cablik MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect John P. Howe III MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Nido R. Qubein MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Albert F. Zettlemoyer MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Black Hills Corp BKH 092113109 5/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect David R. Emery MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Kay S. Jorgensen MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect William G. Van Dyke MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect John B. Vering MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Carolina Power & Light Co CPWLP 144141405 5/11/05 Annual 1.01 Elect William
O. McCoy MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect John H. Mullin III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Carlos A. Saladrigas MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors
MGMT YES FOR FOR
CH Energy Group Inc CHG 12541M102 4/26/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Margarita K.
Dilley MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Steven M. Fetter MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Stanley J. Grubel MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors
MGMT YES FOR FOR
Chevron Corp CVX 166764100 4/27/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Samuel H. Armacost MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Robert E. Denham MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Robert J.
Eaton MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Samuel L. Ginn MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect
Carla A. Hills MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Franklyn G. Jenifer MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.07 Elect Samuel A. Nunn Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect David J.
O'Reilly MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Peter J. Robertson MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10
Elect Charles R. Shoemate MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Ronald.D. Sugar MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Carl Ware MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of
auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Restrict director compensation SHLDR YES AGNST
FOR 4.00 Golden parachutes SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 5.00 Expense stock options
SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 6.00 Review or promote animal welfare SHLDR YES ABSTAIN
AGNST
7.00 Preserve/report on natural habitat SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST 8.00 Control
generation of pollutants SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST
Cinergy Corp CIN 172474108 5/5/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Thomas E. Petry MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Mary L. Schapiro MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Phillip R. Sharp MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Citigroup Inc C 172967101 4/19/05 Annual 1.01 Elect C. Michael Armstrong MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Alain J.P. Belda MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect George
David MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Kenneth T. Derr MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect
John Deutch MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Roberto H. Ramirez MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Ann Dibble Jordan MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect Klaus Kleinfeld MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Dudley C. Mecum II MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10 Elect Anne M.
Mulcahy MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Richard D. Parsons MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.12
Elect Charles Prince MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.13 Elect Judith Rodin MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.14 Elect Robert E. Rubin MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.15 Elect Franklin A. Thomas
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.16 Elect Sanford I. Weill MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.17 Elect
Robert B. Willumstad MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT
YES FOR FOR 3.00 Add Shares to Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 4.00
Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
5.00 Review political spending or lobbying SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST 6.00
Independent board chairman SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 7.00 Restrict executive
compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 8.00 Majority vote to elect directors SHLDR
YES FOR AGNST 9.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 10.00
Eliminate supermajority provision SHLDR YES FOR AGNST
Colonial BancGroup CNB 195493309 4/20/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Augustus K.
Clements III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Patrick F. Dye MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Milton E. McGregor MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect William E. Powell III
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Simuel Sippial MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Increase
authorized common stock MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Authorize preferred stock MGMT
YES AGNST AGNST 4.00 Reapprove option/bonus plan for OBRA MGMT YES FOR FOR
Comerica Inc CMA 200340107 5/17/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Joseph J. Buttigieg III
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect J. Philip DiNapoli MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Roger T. Fridholm MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Alfred A. Piergallini MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Patricia M. Wallington MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Gail L.
Warden MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Consolidated Edison Inc ED 209115104 5/16/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Vincent A.
Calarco MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect George Campbell Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Gordon J. Davis MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Michael J. Del Giudice MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Joan S. Freilich MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Ellen V.
Futter MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Sally Hernandez-Pinero MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Peter W. Likins MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Eugene R. McGrath MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.10 Elect Frederic V. Salerno MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect
Stephen R. Volk MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES
FOR FOR 3.00 Disclose executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
Dominion Resources Inc D 25746U109 4/22/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Peter W. Brown
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Ronald J. Calise MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Thomas E. Capps MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect George A. Davidson Jr. MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Thomas F. Farrell II MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect John W.
Harris MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Robert S. Jepson Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08
Elect Mark J. Kington MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Benjamin J. Lambert III
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10 Elect Richard L. Leatherwood MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11
Elect Margaret A. McKenna MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Kenneth A. Randall MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.13 Elect Frank S. Royal MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.14 Elect S. Dallas
Simmons MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.15 Elect David A. Wollard MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00
Adopt Director Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00 Adopt Stock
Incentive Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES
FOR FOR
5.00 Report or take action on climate change SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST
DTE Energy Co DTE 233331107 4/28/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Lillian Bauder MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Josue Robles Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Howard F.
Sims MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Duke Energy Corp DUK 264399106 5/12/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Roger Agnelli MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect G. Alex Bernhardt Sr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Dennis R. Hendrix MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect A. Max Lennon MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Repeal classified board MGMT YES FOR FOR
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
El Paso Tennessee Pipeline 283727204 7/16/04 Annual
1.00 Elect Joe B. Wyatt MGMT YES WHOLD AGNST
Empire District Electric Co EDE 291641108 4/28/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Kenneth
R. Allen MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect William L. Gipson MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Bill D. Helton MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Add shares to employee stock
purchase plan MGMT YES FOR FOR
Amend employee stock purchase plan 3.00 Adopt Stock Incentive Plan MGMT
YES FOR FOR 4.00 Adopt director stock award plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Energy East Corp EAS 29266M109 6/9/05 Annual
1.01 Elect John T. Cardis MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Joseph J. Castiglia MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Lois B. DeFleur MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect G. Jean Howard MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect David M. Jagger MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Seth A. Kaplan MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Ben E. Lynch MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Peter J. Moynihan MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.09 Elect Walter G. Rich MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect Wesley W. von Schack MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Entergy Corp ETR 29364G103 5/13/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Maureen S. Bateman MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect W. Frank Blount MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Simon D.
deBree MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Claiborne P. Deming MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05
Elect Alexis M. Herman MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Donald C. Hintz MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.07 Elect J. Wayne Leonard MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect Robert v.d.
Luft MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Kathleen A. Murphy MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10
Elect James R. Nichols MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect William A. Percy II MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Dennis H. Reilley MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.13 Elect Steven
V. Wilkinson MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR
FOR 3.00 Independent board chairman SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 4.00 Majority vote to
elect directors SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
First Horizon National Corp FHN 320517105 4/19/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Simon F.
Cooper MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect James A. Haslam III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Mary F. Sammons MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT
YES FOR FOR
FirstMerit Corp FMER 337915102 4/20/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Karen S. Belden MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect R. Cary Blair MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Robert W. Briggs MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Clifford J. Isroff MGMT YES FOR FOR
FNB Corp (PA) FNB 302520101 5/18/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Henry M. Ekker MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Peter Mortensen MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Earl J. Wahl Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect David J. Malone MGMT YES FOR FOR
FPL Group Inc FPL 302571104 5/20/05 Annual 1.01 Elect H.Jesse Arnelle MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Sherry S. Barrat MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Robert M.
Beall II MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect J. Hyatt Brown MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05
Elect James L. Camaren MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Lewis Hay III MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.07 Elect Rudy E. Schupp MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect Michael H. Thaman
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Hansel E. Tookes II MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10 Elect
Paul R. Tregurtha MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Frank G. Zarb MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Great Plains Energy Inc GXP 391164100 5/3/05 Annual 1.01 Elect David L. Bodde
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Michael J. Chesser MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
William H. Downey MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Mark A. Ernst MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Randall C. Ferguson Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect William K.
Hall MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Luis A. Jimenez MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect
James A. Mitchell MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect William C. Nelson MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.10 Elect Linda Hood Talbott MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Robert H. West
MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Hudson United Bancorp HU 444165104 4/27/05 Annual
1.01 Elect John H. Tatigian Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Brian Flynn MGMT YES FOR FOR
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM 46625H100 5/17/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Hans W. Becherer
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect John H. Biggs MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Lawrence A. Bossidy MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Stephen B. Burke MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.05 Elect James S. Crown MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect James Dimon MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Ellen V. Futter MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect William H.
Gray III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect William B. Harrison Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect Laban P. Jackson Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect John W. Kessler
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Robert I. Lipp MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.13 Elect
Richard A. Manoogian MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.14 Elect David C. Novak MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.15 Elect Lee R. Raymond MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.16 Elect William C. Weldon
MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00
Adopt the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 4.00 Director
tenure/retirement age SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 5.00 Independent board chairman
SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 6.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
7.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
KeyCorp KEY 493267108 5/5/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Edward P. Campbell MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect H.James Dallas MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Charles R. Hogan MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Lauralee E. Martin MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Bill R. Sanford MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
KeySpan Corp KSE 49337W100 5/20/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Robert B. Catell MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Andrea S. Christensen MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Robert J. Fani MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Alan H. Fishman MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect James R. Jones MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect James L. Larocca MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Gloria C. Larson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Stephen W. McKessy MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.09 Elect Edward D. Miller MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect Vikki L. Pryor MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
National City Corp NCC 635405103 4/26/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Jon E. Barfield
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect James S. Broadhurst MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Christopher M. Connor MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect David A. Daberko MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Joseph T. Gorman MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Bernadine P.
Healy MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect S. Craig Lindner MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08
Elect Paul A. Ormond MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Robert A. Paul MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.10 Elect Gerald L. Shaheen MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Jerry Sue
Thornton MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Morry Weiss MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
National Fuel Gas Co NFG 636180101 2/17/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Robert T. Brady
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Rolland E. Kidder MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Richard G. Reiten MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Craig G. Matthews MGMT YES FOR
FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Approve
non-technical charter amendments MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 4.00 Restrict executive
compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
NiSource Inc NI 65473P105 5/10/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Steven R. McCracken MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Ian M. Rolland MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Robert C
Skaggs Jr MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect John W. Thompson MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00
Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Adopt Stock Incentive Plan
MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
4.00 Add shares to employee stock purchase plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 5.00 Repeal
classified board SHLDR YES FOR AGNST 6.00 Majority vote to elect directors
SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
Northwest Natural Gas Co NWN 667655104 5/26/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Kenneth Thrasher MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Martha L. Stormy Byorum MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect John D. Carter MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect C. Scott Gibson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Richard G. Reiten MGMT YES FOR FOR
NSTAR NST 67019E107 4/28/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Charles K. Gifford MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.02 Elect Paul A. LaCamera MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Sherry H. Penney
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect William C. Van Faasen MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00
Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Increase authorized common
stock MGMT YES FOR FOR
OGE Energy Corp OGE 670837103 5/19/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Herbert H. Champlin
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Linda Petree Lambert MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Ronald H. White MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES
FOR FOR
Oneok Inc OKE 682680103 5/19/05 Annual 1.01 Elect James C. Day MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.02 Elect David L. Kyle MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Bert H. Mackie MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Mollie B. Williford MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect
Eduardo A. Rodriguez MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the Equity Compensaton Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00 Add shares
to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Ratify selection of
auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
People's Bank (CT) PBCT 710198102 4/21/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Collin P. Baron MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Richard M. Hoyt MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect John A. Klein MGMT YES FOR FOR
Peoples Energy Corp PGL 711030106 2/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Keith E. Bailey MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect James R. Boris MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect William J. Brodsky MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Pastora San Juan Cafferty MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Diana S. Ferguson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect John W. Higgins MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Dipak C. Jain MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Michael E. Lavin MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.09 Elect Homer J. Livingston Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect Thomas M. Patrick MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.11 Elect Richard P. Toft MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.12 Elect Arthur R. Velasquez MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Redeem or vote on poison pill SHLDR YES FOR N/A
Piedmont Natural Gas Co PNY 720186105 3/4/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Malcolm E. Everett III MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Muriel W. Helms MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Frank B. Holding Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Minor M. Shaw MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Pinnacle West Capital PNW 723484101 5/18/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Edward N. Basha Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Michael L. Gallagher MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Bruce J. Nordstrom MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect William J. Post MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
PNC Financial Services Group Inc PNC 693475105 4/26/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Paul W. Chellgren MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Robert N. Clay MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect J. Gary Cooper MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect George A. Davidson Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Richard B. Kelson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Bruce C. Lindsay MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Anthony A. Massaro MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Thomas H. O'Brien MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.09 Elect Jane G. Pepper MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect James E. Rohr MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.11 Elect Lorene K. Steffes MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.12 Elect Dennis F. Strigl MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.13 Elect Stephen G. Thieke MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.14 Elect Thomas J. Usher MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.15 Elect Milton A. Washington MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.16 Elect Helge H. Wehmeier MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Progress Energy Inc PGN 743263105 5/11/05 Annual
1.01 Elect William O. McCoy MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect John H. Mullin III MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Carlos A. Saladrigas MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Puget Energy Inc PSD 745310102 5/10/05 Annual 1.01 Elect William S. Ayer MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Charles W. Bingham MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect Robert
L. Dryden MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Sally G. Narodick MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00
Adopt Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00 Adopt director stock
award plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 4.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES
FOR FOR
Regions Financial Corp RF 7591EP100 5/19/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Allen B. Morgan
Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Jorge M. Perez MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Spence L. Wilson MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Harry W. Witt MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the Executive Bonus Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Ratify selection of
auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
SBC Communications Inc SBC 78387G103 4/29/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Gilbert F.
Amelio MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect August A. Busch III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Martin K. Eby Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect James A. Henderson MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Charles F. Knight MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Lynn M.
Martin MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect John B. McCoy MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect
Mary S. Metz MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Toni Rembe MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10
Elect S. Donley Ritchey MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Joyce M. Roche MGMT YES
FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Laura D'Andrea Tyson MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.13 Elect Patricia
P. Upton MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.14 Elect Edward E. Whitacre Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Adopt employee stock
purchase plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Review political spending or lobbying
SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST 5.00 Link executive pay to social criteria SHLDR YES
AGNST FOR 6.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 7.00
Eliminate supermajority provision SHLDR YES FOR AGNST
Scana Corp SCG 80589M102 5/5/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Bill L. Amick MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect D. Maybank Hagood MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect William B. Timmerman MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Reapprove option/bonus plan for OBRA MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Scottish Power PLC SPI 81013T705 7/23/04 Annual 1.00 Approve Financial
Statements MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Approve Remuneration Policy MGMT YES FOR FOR
3.00 Elect Vicky Bailey MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 4.00 Elect Philip Carroll MGMT
YES AGNST AGNST 5.00 Elect Judi Johansen MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 6.00 Elect
Simon Lowth MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 7.00 Elect Nancy A. Wilgenbusch MGMT YES
AGNST AGNST 8.00 Elect D. Euan Baird MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 9.00 Elect Ian
Russell MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 10.00 Appoint Auditors and Set Their Fees MGMT
YES FOR FOR 11.00 Approve Political Donation MGMT YES ABSTAIN AGNST 12.00
Issue Stock w/o Preemptive Rights MGMT YES FOR FOR 13.00 Authorize Share
Repurchase MGMT YES FOR FOR 14.00 End Share Ownership Limit MGMT YES FOR FOR
Amend Meeting Procedures/Change Date
Amend Articles--Technical
Southern Co SO 842587107 5/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Daniel P. Amos MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Dorrit J. Bern MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Francis S. Blake MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Thomas F. Chapman MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Bruce S. Gordon MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Donald M. James MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Zack T. Pate MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect J. Neal Purcell MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.09 Elect David M. Ratcliffe MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect Gerald J. St. Pe MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
3.00 Review political spending or lobbying SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc SUSQ 869099101 5/17/05 Annual
1.01 Elect James A. Bentley Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Owen O. Freeman Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Russell J Kunkel MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Guy W. Miller Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect E. Susan Piersol MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect William J. Reuter MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Equity Compensation Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Teco Energy Inc TE 872375100 4/27/05 Annual
1.01 Elect DuBose Ausley MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect James L. Ferman Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect James O. Welch Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Paul L. Whiting MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
U S Bancorp USB 902973304 4/19/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Joel W. Johnson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect David B. O'Maley MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect O'Dell M. Owens MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Craig D. Schnuck MGMT YES WHOLD AGNST
1.05 Elect Warren R. Staley MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
3.00 Elim. supermajority requirement for business trans MGMT YES FOR
FOR
4.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
5.00 Limit non-audit fees SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
Vectren Corp VVC 92240G101 4/27/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Ronald G. Reherman MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect R. Daniel Sadlier MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Richard W. Shymanski MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Jean L. Wojtowicz MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Verizon Communications VZ 92343V104 5/5/05 Annual 1.01 Elect James R. Barker
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Richard L. Carrion MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Robert W. Lane MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Sandra O. Moose MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Joseph Neubauer MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Thomas H. O'Brien MGMT
YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Hugh B. Price MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08 Elect Ivan G.
Seidenberg MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Walter V. Shipley MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.10 Elect John R. Stafford MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Robert D. Storey MGMT
YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Adopt
cumulative voting SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 4.00 Majority vote to elect directors
SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 5.00 Increase board independence SHLDR YES FOR AGNST 6.00
Independent board chairman SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 7.00 Director liability SHLDR
YES FOR AGNST 8.00 Review political spending or lobbying SHLDR YES ABSTAIN
AGNST
Wachovia Corp WB 929903102 10/28/04 Special 1.00 Approve Merger/Acquisition
MGMT YES FOR FOR
Approve Common Stock Issuance
Wachovia Corp WB 929903102 4/19/05 Annual
1.01 Elect John D. Baker II MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Peter C. Browning MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Donald M. James MGMT YES WHOLD AGNST
1.04 Elect Van L. Richey MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect G. Kennedy Thompson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect John C. Whitaker Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Wallace D. Malone Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Robert J. Brown MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Washington Mutual Inc WM 939322103 4/19/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Phillip D. Matthews MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Mary E. Pugh MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect William G. Reed Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect James H. Stever MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Wells Fargo & Co WFC 949746101 4/26/05 Annual 1.01 Elect John A. Blanchard
III MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect Susan E. Engel MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03 Elect
Enrique Hernandez Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect Robert L. Joss MGMT YES FOR
FOR 1.05 Elect Reatha Clark King MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect Richard M.
Kovacevich MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Richard D. McCormick MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Cynthia H. Milligan MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.09 Elect Philip J. Quigley
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.10 Elect Donald B. Rice MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.11 Elect Judith
M. Runstad MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.12 Elect Stephen W. Sanger MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.13 Elect Susan G. Swenson MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.14 Elect Michael W. Wright
MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Add shares to the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Amend Stock Incentive Plan
3.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Review fair lending
policy SHLDR YES ABSTAIN AGNST 5.00 Link executive pay to social criteria
SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 6.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
7.00 Restrict executive compensation SHLDR YES AGNST FOR 8.00 Independent
board chairman SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
Westar Energy Inc WR 95709T100 5/17/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Mollie Hale Carter MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Jerry B. Farley MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect James S. Haines Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Arthur B. Krause MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Approve non-technical charter amendments MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Equal access to the proxy SHLDR
YES AGNST FOR
WGL Holdings Inc WGL 92924F106 2/23/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Michael D. Barnes
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect George Patrick Clancy Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect James H. DeGraffenreidt Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.04 Elect James W Dyke Jr
MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.05 Elect Melvyn J. Estrin MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.06 Elect
James F LaFond MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.07 Elect Debra L. Lee MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.08
Elect Karen Hastie Williams MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of
auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR 3.00 Adopt cumulative voting SHLDR YES AGNST FOR
Whitney Holding Corp WTNY 966612103 4/27/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Eric J.
Nickelsen MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect William L. Marks MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect Kathryn M. Sullivan MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors
MGMT YES FOR FOR
Wisconsin Power & Light Co 976826305 5/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect William D. Harvey MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect Singleton B. McAllister MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect Anthony R. Weiler MGMT YES FOR FOR
WPS Resources Corp WPS 92931B106 5/19/05 Annual 1.01 Elect Albert J. Budney
Jr. MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.02 Elect James L. Kemerling MGMT YES FOR FOR 1.03
Elect John C. Meng MGMT YES FOR FOR 2.00 Ratify selection of auditors MGMT
YES FOR FOR 3.00 Adopt the 2005 Omnibus Stock Option MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
4.00 Add shares to the Deferred Compensation Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR
Xcel Energy Inc XEL 98389B100 5/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Richard H. Anderson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect C. Coney Burgess MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect A. Barry Hirschfeld MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Richard C. Kelly MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Albert F. Moreno MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Ralph R. Peterson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Margaret R. Preska MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Ronald M. Moquist MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00
Adopt the Executive Annual Incentive Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Xcel Energy Inc 98389B704 5/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Richard H. Anderson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect C. Coney Burgess MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect A. Barry Hirschfeld MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Richard C. Kelly MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Albert F. Moreno MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Ralph R. Peterson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Margaret R. Preska MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Ronald M. Moquist MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00
Adopt the Executive Annual Incentive Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Xcel Energy Inc 98389B308 5/25/05 Annual
1.01 Elect Richard H. Anderson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.02 Elect C. Coney Burgess MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.03 Elect A. Barry Hirschfeld MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.04 Elect Richard C. Kelly MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.05 Elect Albert F. Moreno MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.06 Elect Ralph R. Peterson MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.07 Elect Margaret R. Preska MGMT YES FOR FOR
1.08 Elect Ronald M. Moquist MGMT YES FOR FOR
2.00 Adopt the 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan MGMT YES AGNST AGNST 3.00
Adopt the Executive Annual Incentive Plan MGMT YES FOR FOR 4.00 Ratify
selection of auditors MGMT YES FOR FOR
Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked
'Abstain' are considered to be have been voted against management's
recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or
'Against,' except where management has made no recommendation or has
recommended that shareholders 'Abstain.' Where management has recommended
that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item: 1) a ballot market
'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for management's recommendation to
'Abstain' and 2) a ballot voted 'For" or 'Against' is considered to have been
voted against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.' Where management has
made no recommendation on a ballot item, the abbreviation "N/A" is used to
denote that there is no applicable recommendation compared to which a vote
may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management.
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.
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
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(Registrant)
By: /s/Ismail Gunes
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(Signature & Title)
Name: Ismail Gunes
Title: Vice President
Date: August 30, 2005