EX-99.77C VOTES 3 c77.txt SUB-ITEM 77C MFS Variable Insurance Trust III (formerly Sun Capital Advisers Trust) (the "Trust") held a special meeting of shareholders on November 26, 2012.[[[1]
Shareholders of all series of the Trust voted together with respect to each nominee for election as a member of the Board of Trustees, and the proposed amendments to the Trust's Declaration of Trust. Shareholders of each series voted separately with respect to each other proposal applicable to such series. Shareholders represented in person or by proxy voted as follows:
1. To elect each nominee as a member of the Board of Trustees: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total Shares Voted| Affirmative | Against |Abstain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert E. Butler | 1,075,821,306.798|1,046,152,125.485|29,669,181.313| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maureen R. Goldfarb| 1,075,821,306.798|1,046,204,837.635|29,616,469.163| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David H. Gunning | 1,075,821,306.798|1,046,383,053.928|29,438,252.870| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William R. Gutow | 1,075,821,306.798|1,045,038,932.160|30,782,374.638| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hegarty | 1,075,821,306.798|1,046,243,082.836|29,578,223.962| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John P. Kavanaugh | 1,075,821,306.798|1,047,174,711.283|28,646,595.515| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Manning | 1,075,821,306.798|1,046,949,209.114|28,875,097.684| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Dale Sherratt | 1,075,821,306.798|1,045,934,644.985|29,886,661.813| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie J. Thomsen | 1,075,821,306.798|1,045,885,192.943|29,936,113.855| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert W. Uek | 1,075,821,306.798|1,046,955,842.217|28,865,464.581| 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. To approve an amendment to the Trust's Declaration of Trust: -------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total Shares Voted| Affirmative | Against | Abstain | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1,075,821,306.798|1,015,037,953.377|25,668,609.271|35,114,744.151| -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. To approve a new advisory agreement with Massachusetts Financial Services Company:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Portfolio 13,811,260.903 13,138,344.918 184,521.566 488,394.418 MFS Conservative Allocation Portfolio 79,957,448.055 75,845,857.891 1,328,755.817 2,782,834.347 MFS Global Real Estate Portfolio 17,182,184.292 16,281,374.303 260,609.785 640,200.204 MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio 48,479,976.924 46,571,478.737 988,916.474 919,581.712 MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio 43,136,999.386 41,527,117.503 734,426.117 875,455.766 MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio 123,214,769.587 116,002,021.130 3,427,002.841 3,785,745.616 MFS Mid Cap Value Portfolio 24,539,820.731 23,135,547.235 700,089.263 704,184.233 MFS Moderate Allocation Portfolio 158,267,928.838 148,321,328.080 4,205,739.432 5,740,861.325 MFS New Discovery Value Portfolio 6,473,131.398 6,125,007.108 197,917.990 150,206.300 SC AllianceBernstein International Value Fund 10,445,020.942 10,415,776.593 27,577.036 1,667.313 SC BlackRock International Index Fund 9,426,861.023 9,359,380.208 33,419.811 34,061.004 SC BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund 17,396,035.360 16,891,617.403 69,130.246 435,287.711 SC Davis Venture Value Fund 32,280,607.360 30,436,886.432 812,961.162 1,030,759.766 SC Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund 3,792,263.232 3,715,846.601 52,267.114 24,149.516 SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund 62,565,174.139 59,018,904.591 1,065,353.909 2,480,915.639 SC PIMCO High Yield Fund 17,643,140.140 16,949,153.556 100,256.789 593,729.795 SC PIMCO Total Return Fund 90,857,416.973 86,963,085.613 2,066,603.465 1,827,727.895 SC WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund 11,552,814.015 10,868,114.415 389,394.228 295,305.372 SC WMC Large Cap Growth Fund 18,563,089.243 17,252,154.011 307,958.894 1,002,976.338 Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund 50,566,424.980 48,588,143.336 557,188.682 1,421,092.962 Sun Capital Money Market Fund 176,841,844.210 170,284,051.666 4,853,907.343 1,703,885.200
4a. To approve revisions to, or elimination of, fundamental investment restrictions regarding industry concentration:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Portfolio 13,811,260.903 13,070,661.466 249,814.225 490,785.213 MFS Conservative Allocation Portfolio 79,957,448.055 74,102,542.611 2,228,600.770 3,626,304.675 MFS Global Real Estate Portfolio 17,182,184.292 16,201,069.002 375,852.508 605,262.782 MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio 48,479,976.924 45,170,552.082 1,340,224.517 1,969,200.325 MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio 43,136,999.386 40,879,006.694 1,072,262.085 1,185,730.607 MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio 123,214,769.587 115,236,805.838 3,722,951.901 4,255,011.847 MFS Mid Cap Value Portfolio 24,539,820.731 22,597,563.733 1,033,117.407 909,139.591 MFS Moderate Allocation Portfolio 158,267,928.838 144,750,286.583 6,149,061.011 7,368,581.244 MFS New Discovery Value Portfolio 6,473,131.398 6,281,106.460 128,362.994 63,661.943
4b. To amend fundamental investment restrictions regarding purchases or sales of real estate and commodities:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Portfolio 13,811,260.903 12,998,997.731 303,665.151 508,598.022 MFS Conservative Allocation Portfolio 79,957,448.055 73,703,281.586 2,532,728.702 3,721,437.768 MFS Global Real Estate Portfolio 17,182,184.292 16,246,221.566 351,943.241 584,019.485 MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio 48,479,976.924 45,579,248.911 1,076,165.062 1,824,562.951 MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio 43,136,999.386 41,235,902.197 904,069.502 997,027.687 MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio 123,214,769.587 114,913,907.039 4,332,693.954 3,968,168.594 MFS Mid Cap Value Portfolio 24,539,820.731 22,702,975.145 929,948.400 906,897.187 MFS Moderate Allocation Portfolio 158,267,928.838 144,295,105.644 6,568,655.841 7,404,167.352 MFS New Discovery Value Portfolio 6,473,131.398 6,222,104.285 128,362.994 122,664.119
4c. To approve revisions to, or eliminations of, fundamental investment restrictions regarding diversification:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Portfolio 13,811,260.903 13,067,897.368 263,866.262 479,497.273 MFS Conservative Allocation Portfolio 79,957,448.055 74,761,750.440 1,842,522.922 3,353,174.693 MFS Global Real Estate Portfolio 17,182,184.292 16,250,119.050 333,902.427 598,162.815 MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio 48,479,976.924 46,043,595.244 762,982.449 1,673,399.230 MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio 43,136,999.386 41,382,188.801 648,815.082 1,105,995.503 MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio 123,214,769.587 115,698,664.031 3,521,448.891 3,994,656.665 MFS Mid Cap Value Portfolio 24,539,820.731 22,872,386.130 800,958.250 866,476.352 MFS Moderate Allocation Portfolio 158,267,928.838 146,942,922.993 4,149,520.280 7,175,485.566 MFS New Discovery Value Portfolio 6,473,131.398 6,281,106.460 128,362.994 63,661.943
5. To approve a Plan of Liquidation to liquidate the assets of the Fund:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain SC AllianceBernstein International Value Fund 10,445,020.942 10,417,443.906 27,577.036 0.000 SC BlackRock International Index Fund 9,426,861.023 9,393,441.212 33,419.811 0.000 SC BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund 17,396,035.360 16,488,136.488 421,372.695 486,526.177 Sun Capital Money Market Fund 176,841,844.210 166,929,071.003 8,294,481.627 1,618,291.579
6. To approve the reclassification of MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio 43,136,999.386 40,836,541.553 840,375.748 1,460,082.084
7. Approval, by each applicable series of the Trust, of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for the reorganization of: ](i) [SC Davis Venture Value Fund into MFS Research Series; ](ii) [SC Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund into MFS New Discovery Series; ](iii)[SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund into MFS Value Series; ](iv) [SC PIMCO High Yield Fund into MFS High Yield Portfolio; ](v) [SC PIMCO Total Return Fund into MFS Research Bond Series; ](vi) [SC WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund into MFS Mid Cap Growth Series; ](vii)[SC WMC Large Cap Growth Fund into MFS Growth Series; and ](viii)[Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund into MFS Research Bond Series:
Total Shares Voted Affirmative Against Abstain SC Davis Venture Value Fund 32,280,607.360 30,491,048.260 824,468.315 965,090.784 SC Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund 3,792,263.232 3,646,793.057 95,198.022 50,272.153 SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund 62,565,174.139 59,501,238.971 934,009.987 2,129,925.181 SC PIMCO High Yield Fund 17,643,140.140 16,916,851.042 104,659.761 621,629.337 SC PIMCO Total Return Fund 90,857,416.973 86,118,510.862 2,412,267.975 2,326,638.136 SC WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund 11,552,814.015 10,772,377.023 428,686.376 351,750.616 SC WMC Large Cap Growth Fund 18,563,089.243 17,342,135.629 53,531.113 1,167,422.501 Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund 50,566,424.980 48,624,105.263 510,818.939 1,431,500.777
Footnotes ][1][] Effective the close of business December 7, 2012, (i) the Registrant changed its name from "Sun Capital Advisers Trust" to "MFS Variable Insurance Trust III" and certain series of the Registrant changed their name as set forth in the following table: