N-PX 1 a14-16742_4npx.htm N-PX

 

 

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, DC 20549

 

Form N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-21487

 

HELIOS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)

 

BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10281-1023

(Address of principal executive officers) (Zip code)

 

SETH GELMAN, CCO

BROOKFIELD PLACE

250 VESEY STREET

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10281-1023

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-497-3746

 

Date of fiscal year end: 03/31

 

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014

 

 

 



 

ITEM 1.  PROXY VOTING RECORD

 



 

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ICA File Number: 811-21487                                                     

Reporting Period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014                                      

Helios Strategic Income Fund, Inc.                                             

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AT&T INC.                                                                      

 

Ticker:       T              Security ID:  00206R102                           

Meeting Date: APR 25, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 26, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Randall L. Stephenson    For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Jaime Chico Pardo        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Scott T. Ford            For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director James P. Kelly           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Jon C. Madonna           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Michael B. McCallister   For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director John B. McCoy            For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Beth E. Mooney           For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Joyce M. Roche           For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Matthew K. Rose          For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Cynthia B. Taylor        For       For          Management

1.13  Elect Director Laura D'Andrea Tyson     For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Approve Severance                       For       For          Management

      Agreements/Change-in-Control Agreements                                  

5     Report on Indirect Political            Against   For          Shareholder

      Contributions                                                            

6     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder

7     Lower Ownership Threshold for Action    Against   For          Shareholder

      by Written Consent                                                       

 

 

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B&G FOODS, INC.                                                                 

 

Ticker:       BGS            Security ID:  05508R106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 25, 2014                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert C. Cantwell       For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Cynthia T. Jamison       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Charles F. Marcy         For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Dennis M. Mullen         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Cheryl M. Palmer         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Alfred Poe               For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Stephen C. Sherrill      For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director David L. Wenner          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P.                                                 

 

Ticker:       BBEP           Security ID:  106776107                           

Meeting Date: JUN 19, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  APR 25, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Randall H. Breitenbach   For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director David B. Kilpatrick      For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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CENTURYLINK, INC.                                                              

 

Ticker:       CTL            Security ID:  156700106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 10, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Virginia Boulet          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Peter C. Brown           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Richard A. Gephardt      For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director W. Bruce Hanks           For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Gregory J. McCray        For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director C. G. Melville, Jr.      For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Fred R. Nichols          For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director William A. Owens         For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Harvey P. Perry          For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Glen F. Post, III        For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Michael J. Roberts       For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Laurie A. Siegel         For       For          Management

1.13  Elect Director Joseph R. Zimmel         For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Provide Proxy Access Right              For       For          Management

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

5     Stock Retention                         Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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FORD MOTOR COMPANY                                                             

 

Ticker:       F              Security ID:  345370860                           

Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 12, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Stephen G. Butler        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Kimberly A. Casiano      For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Anthony F. Earley, Jr.   For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Edsel B. Ford, II        For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director William Clay Ford, Jr.   For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Richard A. Gephardt      For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director James P. Hackett         For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr.      For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director William W. Helman, IV    For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director John C. Lechleiter       For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Ellen R. Marram          For       For          Management

1.13  Elect Director Alan Mulally             For       For          Management

1.14  Elect Director Homer A. Neal            For       For          Management

1.15  Elect Director Gerald L. Shaheen        For       For          Management

1.16  Elect Director John L. Thornton         For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus   For       For          Management

      Stock Plan                                                               

5     Approve Recapitalization Plan for all   Against   For          Shareholder

      Stock to Have One-vote per Share                                          

6     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call   Against   For          Shareholder

      Special Meetings                                                         

 

 

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FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION                                            

 

Ticker:       FTR            Security ID:  35906A108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 18, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Leroy T. Barnes, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Peter C.B. Bynoe         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Edward Fraioli           For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Daniel J. McCarthy       For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Pamela D.A. Reeve        For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Virginia P. Ruesterholz  For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Howard L. Schrott        For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Larraine D. Segil        For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Mark Shapiro             For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Myron A. Wick, III       For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Mary Agnes Wilderotter   For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY                                                       

 

Ticker:       GE             Security ID:  369604103                            

Meeting Date: APR 23, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 24, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director W. Geoffrey Beattie      For       For          Management

2     Elect Director John J. Brennan          For       For          Management

3     Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr.       For       For          Management

4     Elect Director Francisco D'Souza        For       For          Management

5     Elect Director Marijn E. Dekkers        For       For          Management

6     Elect Director Ann M. Fudge             For       For          Management

7     Elect Director Susan J. Hockfield       For       For          Management

8     Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt        For       For          Management

9     Elect Director Andrea Jung              For       For          Management

10    Elect Director Robert W. Lane           For       For          Management

11    Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus      For       For          Management

12    Elect Director James J. Mulva           For       For          Management

13    Elect Director James E. Rohr            For       For          Management

14    Elect Director Mary L. Schapiro         For       For          Management

15    Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa      For       For          Management

16    Elect Director James S. Tisch           For       For          Management

17    Elect Director Douglas A. Warner, III   For       For          Management

18    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

19    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

20    Provide for Cumulative Voting           Against   For          Shareholder

21    Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   Against      Shareholder

22    Require More Director Nominations Than  Against   Against      Shareholder

      Open Seats                                                               

23    Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   Against      Shareholder

24    Cessation of All Stock Options and      Against   Against      Shareholder

      Bonuses                                                                  

25    Seek Sale of Company                    Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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GMX RESOURCES INC.                                                             

 

Ticker:       GMXRQ          Security ID:  38011MAQ1                           

Meeting Date: JAN 13, 2014   Meeting Type: Written Consent                     

Record Date:  DEC 03, 2013                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     The Plan                                None      Did Not Vote Management

 

 

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IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED                                                     

 

Ticker:       IRM            Security ID:  462846106                            

Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 03, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Ted R. Antenucci         For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Pamela M. Arway          For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Clarke H. Bailey         For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Kent P. Dauten           For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director Paul F. Deninger         For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Per-Kristian Halvorsen   For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Michael W. Lamach        For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director William L. Meaney        For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Walter C. Rakowich       For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director Vincent J. Ryan          For       Against      Management

1k    Elect Director Alfred J. Verrecchia     For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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MTR GAMING GROUP, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       MNTG           Security ID:  553769AL4                           

Meeting Date: JAN 08, 2014   Meeting Type: Written Consent                     

Record Date:  DEC 05, 2013                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     To Amend the Indenture to Permit the    For       Did Not Vote Management

      Formation of a New Holding Company as                                     

      a Result of the Transactions                                             

      Contemplated by The Merger Agreement                                     

 

 

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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.                                                    

 

Ticker:       VZ             Security ID:  92343V104                           

Meeting Date: JAN 28, 2014   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  DEC 09, 2013                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Issue Shares in Connection with         For       For          Management

      Acquisition                                                               

2     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management

3     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management

 

 

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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.                                                    

 

Ticker:       VZ             Security ID:  92343V104                           

Meeting Date: MAY 01, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 03, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Shellye L. Archambeau    For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Richard L. Carrion       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Melanie L. Healey        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director M. Frances Keeth         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Robert W. Lane           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Lowell C. McAdam         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen     For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr.       For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Rodney E. Slater         For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Kathryn A. Tesija        For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Gregory D. Wasson        For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Provide Proxy Access Right              For       For          Management

5     Report on Net Neutrality                Against   For          Shareholder

6     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder

7     Submit Severance Agreement              Against   For          Shareholder

      (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote                                  

8     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call   Against   For          Shareholder

      Special Meetings                                                         

9     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

10    Approve Proxy Voting Authority          Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       WIN            Security ID:  97382A101                            

Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 13, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Carol B. Armitage        For       Against      Management

1b    Elect Director Samuel E. Beall, III     For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Dennis E. Foster         For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Francis X. ('Skip')      For       For          Management

      Frantz                                                                   

1e    Elect Director Jeffery R. Gardner       For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Jeffrey T. Hinson        For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Judy K. Jones            For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director William A. Montgomery    For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Alan L. Wells            For       Against      Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

4     Amend Certificate of Incorporation of   For       Against      Management

      Windstream Corporation to Eliminate                                      

      Certain Voting Provisions                                                 

5     Provide Right to Call Special Meeting   For       For          Management

6     Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management

      Requirement                                                              

7     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

8     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   For          Shareholder

9     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

 

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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) HELIOS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.

 

By:

/s/ Seth Gelman

 

 

Seth Gelman, CCO

 

 

Date: August 20, 2014