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FORM N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number              811-9709

 

Columbia Floating Rate Advantage Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts

02111

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

 

Vincent Pietropaolo, Esq.

 

Columbia Management Group, Inc.

 

 

 

One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-617-772-3698

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

8/31/04

 

 

Date of reporting period:

7/1/2003 - 6/30/2004

 

Item 1.           Proxy Voting Record.

 

Disclose the following information for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which the registrant was entitled to vote:

 

(a)

The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;

 

 

(b)

The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security;

 

 

(c)

The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) number for the portfolio security;

 

 

(d)

The shareholder meeting date;

 

 

(e)

A brief identification of the matter voted on;

 

 

(f)

Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder;

 

 

(g)

Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter;

 

 

(h)

How the registrant cast its vote (e.g., for or against proposal, or abstain; for or withhold regarding election of directors);
and

 

 

(i)

Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management.

 


 

FORM N-Px REPORT

 

ICA File Number: 811-09709

Reporting Period: 07/01/2003 - 06/30/2004

Columbia Floating Rate Advantage Fund

 

COLUMBIA FLOATING RATE ADVANTAGE FUND

 

AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE, INC.

 

Ticker:

ABWIV

Security ID:

030985105

Meeting Date:

FEB 26, 2004

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

JAN 30, 2004

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt Rec

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approve Merger Agreement

 

For

 

For

 

Management

 

 

SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

 

Ticker:

SUNH

Security ID:

866933401

Meeting Date:

MAY 19, 2004

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

APR 1, 2004

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt Rec

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1.1

 

Elect Director Gregory S. Anderson

 

For

 

For

 

Management

 

1.2

 

Elect Director Richard K. Matros

 

For

 

For

 

Management

 

1.3

 

Elect Director Bruce C. Vladeck, Ph.D.

 

For

 

For

 

Management

 

1.4

 

Elect Director Milton J. Walters

 

For

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

 

For

 

Against

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratify Auditors

 

For

 

For

 

Management

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

(Registrant)

Columbia Floating Rate Advantage Fund

 

By (Signature and Title)*

/s/ J. Kevin Connaughton

 

 

 

J. Kevin Connaughton, President and Treasurer

 

Date

August 30, 2004

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

 

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