-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TNWW1RA+VObY7Ch+Y32B0LWIMrAJ0nZ2dHM81gXNaZVdGIldGTaFOH/buo5KFdD3 FqN08tRVqUpSGGSZzeoRug== 0000900092-07-000302.txt : 20070821 0000900092-07-000302.hdr.sgml : 20070821 20070821090104 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000900092-07-000302 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070821 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070821 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070821 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001259708 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21413 FILM NUMBER: 071069489 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD STREET 2: 800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD CITY: PLAINSBORO STATE: NJ ZIP: 08536 BUSINESS PHONE: 6092822000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD CITY: PLAINSBORO STATE: NJ ZIP: 08536 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030813 N-PX 1 fris.txt BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act File Number 811-21413 Name of Fund: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. Fund Address: P.O. Box 9011 Princeton, NJ 08543-9011 Name and address of agent for service: Robert C. Doll, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 282-2800 Date of fiscal year end: 08/31 Date of reporting period: 07/01/06 - 06/30/07 Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record The information contained herein discloses 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; and (i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management. ******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT ******************************* ICA File Number: 811-21413 Reporting Period: 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2007 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. ================== BlackRock FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC.====== GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC. Ticker: GSCQ Security ID: 37246R205 Meeting Date: NOV 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: OCT 18, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director David L. Eaton For For Management 2 Elect Director Charles Macaluso For For Management 3 Elect Director Michael Y. McGovern For For Management 4 Elect Director Kenneth A. Ghazey For For Management 5 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. Ticker: MDTL Security ID: 58500P107 Meeting Date: JUL 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 2, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert K. Lifton For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Howard Weingrow For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Jacob S. Weiss For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Amos Eiran For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Zeev Nahmoni For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jacob E. Goldman For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Philip Weisser For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Mitchell H. Freeman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Steve M. Barnett For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC. Ticker: TRMA Security ID: 896106200 Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 20, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr. For Did Not Management Vote 1.1 Elect Director Myles W. Scoggins For Did Not Management Vote 1.3 Elect Director Per Staehr For Did Not Management Vote 2 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 3 Please Mark Box If Stock Owned or None Did Not Management Beneficially By You is Owned or Vote Controlled by Persons Who are Not U.S Citizens ========== END NPX REPORT 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. By: /s/ Robert C. Doll, Jr. ------------------------ Robert C. Doll, Jr. Chief Executive Officer BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. Date: August 15, 2007 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----