0001193125-13-336172.txt : 20130815 0001193125-13-336172.hdr.sgml : 20130815 20130815125556 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-336172 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130815 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130815 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130815 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001343668 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21831 FILM NUMBER: 131041503 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWER BRIDGE, 100 FRONT STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1100 CITY: WEST CONSHOHOCKEN STATE: PA ZIP: 19428-2881 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-260-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWER BRIDGE, 100 FRONT STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1100 CITY: WEST CONSHOHOCKEN STATE: PA ZIP: 19428-2881 N-PX 1 d584595dnpx.htm ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND STS Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS

 

 

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: 811-21831

 

 

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

100 Front Street, Suite 400

West Conshohocken, PA 19428

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610-260-7600

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2013

 

 

 

Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.

The Registrant invests substantially all of its assets in AIP Absolute Return Fund LDC (the “Offshore Fund”), which in turn invests substantially all of its assets in Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund (CIK 0001327228, Investment Company Act file number 811-21767) (the “Master Fund”). For the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2013, neither the Offshore Fund nor the Master Fund solicited any vote, proxy, or consent which required any of its investors, including the Registrant, to take any action. If interested in the proxy voting record of the Master Fund, please see the Master Fund’s Form N-PX, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2013.

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

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND STS

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur Lev

  Name: Arthur Lev
  Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date:   August 15, 2013