-----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, Ex3PN62lENqG0b/FXLwpf8TwrdqEahh+I+Kmhl315AcBKTtfYIe/OIyjz2h/12cG /C3hbCe0eAbi2WKijJx/dA== 0001104659-06-058163.txt : 20060830 0001104659-06-058163.hdr.sgml : 20060830 20060830111921 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-058163 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060830 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060830 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20060830 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002691 IRS NUMBER: 136020600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00005 FILM NUMBER: 061064471 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 HUDSON STREET CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 BUSINESS PHONE: 201-395-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 HUDSON STREET CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LORD ABBOTT AFFILIATED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960315 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AFFILIATED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941207 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AFFILIATED INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920721 0000002691 S000006806 LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND INC C000018428 Class A LAFFX C000018429 Class B LAFBX C000018430 Class C LAFCX C000018431 Class P LAFPX C000018432 Class Y LAFYX N-PX 1 a06-17156_1npx.htm ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD

 

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: 811-00005

 

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Christina T. Simmons, Vice President & Assistant Secretary
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (800) 201-6984

 

Date of fiscal year end:   10/31

 

Date of reporting period:   July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006

 




Item 1.  Proxy Voting Record.




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ICA File Number: 811-00005                                                     

Reporting Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006                 ;                      

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.                                              

                                                               60;                 

                                                                                

                                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ACE LTD.                                                                       

 

Ticker:        ACE            Security ID:  G0070K103                           

Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 31, 2006                                          0;           

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect  Director Michael G. Atieh          For       For        Management

1.2   Elect  Director Mar y A. Cirillo           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect  Director Bruce L. Crockett         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect  Director Thomas J. Neff            For       For        Management

1.5   Elect  Director Gary M. Stuart            For   ;     For        Management

2     APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO ACE LIMITED      For       For        Management

      EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN.                                            

3     RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF        For &# 160;     For        Management

      PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE                                        

      INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING                                 

      FIRM OF AC E LIMITED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR                                  

      ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2006.                                                

 

 

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AFLAC INCORPORATED                                                             

 

Ticker:       AFL            Security ID:  001055102   60;                        

Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 22, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Daniel P. Amos             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director John Shelby Amos, II       For       For        M anagement

1.3   Elect Director Michael H. Armacost        For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Kriss Cloninger, III       For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Joe Frank Harris           For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Dir ector Elizabeth J. Hudson        For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Kenneth S. Janke Sr.       For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Douglas W. Johnson         For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Robert B. Johnson          For       For    &# 160;   Management

1.10  Elect Director Charles B. Knapp           For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Hidefumi Matsui            For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director E. Stephen Purdom, M.D.    For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Barbara K. Rimer, Dr. Ph   For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Marvin R. Schuster         For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director David Gary Thompson        For       For        Management

1.16  Elect Director Tohru Tonoike              For       For      &# 160; Management

1.17  Elect Director Robert L. Wright           For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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AMEREN CORPORATION                                                              

 

Ticker:       AEE            Security ID:&# 160; 023608102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 6, 2006                                                       

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Susan S. Elliott           For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Gayle P.W. Jackson         For       For  0;      Management

1.3   Elect Director James C. Johnson           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Richard A. Liddy           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Gordon R. Lohman           For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Richard A. Lumpkin         For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Charles W. Mueller         For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Douglas R. Oberhelman      For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Gary L. Rainwater          For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Harvey Saligman            For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Patrick T. Stokes          For       For        Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For      0;  Management

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

4     Report on Extending the Operating License Against   Against    Shareholder

      at the Callaway Nuclear Power Facility                                   0;

 

 

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.                                             

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Ticker:       AIG            Security ID:  026874107                           

Meeting Date: AUG 11, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 24, 2005                       &# 160;                             

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director M. Aidinoff                For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director P. Chia                    For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director M. Cohen                   For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director W. Cohen                   For       For      &# 160; Management

1.5   Elect Director M. Feldstein               For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director E. Futter                  For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director S. Hammerman               For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director C. Hills                   For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director R. Holbrooke               For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director D. Kanak                   For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director G. Miles, Jr               For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director M. Offit                   For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director M. Sullivan                For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director E. Tse                     For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director F. Zarb                    For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For     & #160;  Management

 

 

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.                                             

 

Ticker:       AIG            Security ID:  026874107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 24, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Pei-yuan Chia              For       For        Manageme nt

1.2   Elect Director Marshall A. Cohen          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Martin S. Feldstein        For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Ellen V. Futter            For       For        Management

1.5  60; Elect Director Stephen L. Hammerman       For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Richard C. Holbrooke       For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer         For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director George L. Miles, Jr.       For       For      60;  Management

1.9   Elect Director Morris W. Offit            For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director James F. Orr, III          For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Martin J. Sullivan         For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Michael H. Sutton          For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Edmund S.W. Tse            For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Robert B. Willumstad       For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director Frank G. Zarb              For   60;    For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

 

 

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AT&T INC                                                                        

 

Ticker:        T              Security ID:  00206R102                           

Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                        

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William F. Aldinger, III   For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Gilbert F. Amelio        ;   For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director August A. Busch, III       For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Martin K. Eby, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director James A. Henderson         For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Charles F. Knight          For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Jon C. Madonna             For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Lynn M. Martin             For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director John B. McCoy              For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Mary S. Metz               For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Toni Rembe                 For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director S. Donley Ritchey   &# 160;      For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Joyce M. Roche             For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Randall L. Stephenson      For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director Laura D'Andrea Tyson       For       For        Management

1.16  Elect Director Patricia P. Upton          For       For        Management

1.17  Elect Director Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.    For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

4     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For       For        Management

5     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against&# 160;   Shareholder

7     Report on Pay Disparity                   Against   Against    Shareholder

8     Non-Employee Director Compensation        Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Submit Severance Agreement (Change in     Against   Against    Shareholder

      Control) to shareholder Vote &# 160;                                           

10    Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement    Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.                                                

 

Ticker:       ADP            Security ID:  053015103                           

M eeting Date: NOV 8, 2005    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 9, 2005                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                   Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Gregory D. Brenneman       For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Leslie A. Brun             For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Gary C. Butler             For  & #160;    For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Leon G. Cooperman          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard           For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director John P. Jones              For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan          For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Harvey M. Krueger          For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Frederic V. Malek          For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Henry Taub                 For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Arthur F. Weinbach         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED                                                      

 

Ticker:       BHI            Security ID:  057224107                           

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                      & #160;               

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Larry D. Brady             For       For        Management

1.2    Elect Director Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr.   For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Chad C. Deaton             For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Edward P. Djerejian        For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Anthony G. Fernandes       For       For   & #160;    Management

1.6   Elect Director Claire W. Gargalli         For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director James A. Lash              For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director James F. McCall            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director J. Larry Nichols           For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director H. John Riley, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Charles L. Watson          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors        ;                    For       For        Management

3     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan      For       For        Management

4     Amend Vote Requirements to Amend          Against   For        Shareholder

      Articles/Bylaws/Charter            0;                                      

 

 

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BANK OF AMERICA CORP.                           & #160;                              

 

Ticker:       BAC            Security ID:  060505104                           

Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                            ;   

Record Date:  MAR 3, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William Barnet, III        For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr.      For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director John T. Collins            For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Gary L. Countryman     60;    For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Tommy R. Franks            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Paul Fulton                For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Charles K. Gifford         For       For    ;     Management

1.8   Elect Director W. Steven Jones            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Kenneth D. Lewis           For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Monica C. Lozano           For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Walter E. Massey           For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Thomas J. May              For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Patricia E. Mitchell       For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan        60;     For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr.       For       For        Management

1.16  Elect Director Meredith R. Spangler       For       For        Management

1.17  Elect Director Robert L. Tillman          For       For        Management

1.18  Elect Director Jackie M. Ward             For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       For        Management

4     Publish Political Contributions           Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                              

6     Provide for an Independent Chairman       Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Exclude Reference to Sexual Orientation   Against   Against    Shareholder

      from the Company's EEO Statement                                         

 

 

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BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., THE                                                 

 

Ticker:       BK             Security ID:  064057102                           

Meeting Date: APR 11, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 21, 2006                                      0;                

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Frank J. Biondi            For       For        Management

1.2 60;  Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio       For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Gerald L. Hassel           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Richard J. Kogan           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski        For     &# 160; For        Management

1.6   Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr.          For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director John C. Malone             For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Paul Myners                For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Catherine A. Rein          For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi            For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director William C. Richardson      For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Brian l. Roberts 60;          For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Samuel C. Scott, III       For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Richard C. Vaughan         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                            For       For        Management

3     Provide for Cumulative Voting             Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Reimbursement of Expenses of Opposition   Against   Against    Shareholder

      Candidates                                                                 

 

 

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BARRICK GOLD CORP.                                             & #160;               

 

Ticker:       ABX.           Security ID:  067901108                            

Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual/Special                      

Record D ate:  MAR 16, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director H.L. Beck      0;            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director C.W.D. Birchall            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director D.J. Carty                 For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director G. Cisneros           0;     For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director M.A. Cohen                 For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director P.A. Crossgrove            For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director J.W. Crow                  For&# 160;      For        Management

1.8   Elect Director R.M. Franklin              For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director P.C. Godsoe                For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director J.B. Harvey                For       For 0;       Management

1.11  Elect Director B. Mulroney                For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director A. Munk                    For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director P. Munk                    For       For         Management

1.14  Elect Director J.L. Rotman                For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director S.J. Shapiro               For       For        Management

1.16  Elect Director G.C. Wilkins               For       For        Management

2     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as     For       For        Management

      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix                                      

      Remuneration of Auditors                             &# 160;                    

3     Approve Continuance and Arrangement of    For       For        Management

      the Corporation                                                          

 

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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       BAX            Security ID:  071813109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 13, 2006                                    60;                 

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Walter E. Boomer           For       For        Management

1.2    Elect Director James R. Gavin, III        For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Peter S. Hellman           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director K.J. Storm                 For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors        & #160;                  For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         For       For        Management

4     Establish Range For Board Size            For       For        Management

5     Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison    Agai nst   Against    Shareholder

      Pill) to Shareholder Vote                                                

 

 

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BELLSOUTH CORP.                                                                 

 

Ticker:       BLS            Security ID:  079860102                           

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 6, 2006                                                       

 

#     Proposal 60;                                 Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director F. D. Ackerman             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director R. V. Anderson             For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Directo r J. H. Blanchard            For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director J. H. Brown                For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director A. M. Codina               For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director M. L. Feidler      & #160;       For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director K. F. Feldstein            For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director J. P. Kelly                For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director L. F. Mullin               For & #160;     For        Management

1.10  Elect Director R. B. Smith                For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director W. S. Stavropoulos         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For  &# 160;    For        Management

3     Political Contributions/Activities        Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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BOEING CO., THE          0;                                                       

 

Ticker:       BA             Security ID:  097023105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual  0;                            

Record Date:  MAR 3, 2006                                                       

 

#     Proposal                         & #160;        Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John H. Biggs              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director John E. Bryson             For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Linda Z. Cook              For       For         Management

1.4   Elect Director William M. Daley           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein      For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director John F. McDonnell          For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr.     For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Richard D. Nanula          For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Rozanne L. Ridgway         For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Mike S. Zafirovski         For      60; For        Management

2     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       Against    Management

4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management

5     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

6     Develop a Human Rights Policy             Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Develop Ethical Criteria for Military     Against   Against    Shareholder

      Contracts   ;                                                              

8     Report on Charitable Contributions        Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

10    Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.                                                        

 

Ticker:       BSX            Security ID:  101137107                & #160;          

Meeting Date: MAR 31, 2006   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  FEB 22, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       For        Management

2     Issue Shares in Connection with an        For       For        Management

      Acquisition                                                              

 

 

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.                                                        

 

Ticker:       BSX            Security ID:  101137107                           

Meeting Dat e: MAY 9, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 17, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                60;                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John E. Abele              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Joel L. Fleishman          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Ernest Mario               F or       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Uwe E. Reinhardt           For       For        Management

2.1   Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D. For       For        Management

2.2   Elect Director Nancy-Ann DeParle          For       For        Management

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

4     Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For       For        Management

      Plan                                              &# 160;                      

 

 

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CAMPBELL SOUP CO.                                            60;                  

 

Ticker:       CPB            Security ID:  134429109                           

Meeting Date: NOV 18, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 21, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   El ect Director John F. Brock              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Edmund M. Carpenter        For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Paul R. Charron            For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Douglas R. Conant          For  60;     For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Bennett Dorrance           For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Kent B. Foster             For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Harvey Golub               For       For        ; Management

1.8   Elect Director Randall W. Larrimore       For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Philip E. Lippincott       For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Mary Alice D. Malone       For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Sara Mathew   60;             For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director David C. Patterson         For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Charles R. Perrin          For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director A. Barry Rand              For       F or        Management

1.15  Elect Director George Strawbridge, Jr.    For       For        Management

1.16  Elect Director Les C. Vinney              For       For        Management

1.17  Elect Director Charlotte C. Weber         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

 

 

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CATERPILLAR INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       CAT            Security ID:  149123101       & #160;                   

Meeting Date: JUN 14, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 17, 2006                                                      

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#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director David R. Goode             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director James W. Owens             For       For        Mana gement

1.3   Elect Director Charles D. Powell          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Joshua I. Smith            For       For        Management

2     Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       For        Management

3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

4     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

5     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

6     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For        Shareholder

7     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

8     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                              

 

 

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CITIGROUP INC.                                   0;                              

 

Ticker:       C              Security ID:  172967101                           

Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                          0;    

Record Date:  FEB 24, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong       For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director George David               For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Kenneth T. Derr            For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director John M. Deutch             For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Roberto Hernandez Ramirez  For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan          For       For    & #160;   Management

1.8   Elect Director Klaus Kleinfeld            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris          For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Dudley C. Mecum            For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy            For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Richard D. Parsons         For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Charles Prince             For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Dr. Judith Rodin        ;    For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director Robert E. Rubin            For       For        Management

1.16  Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For 0;      For        Management

3     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management

4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management

5     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management

6     End Issuance of Options and Prohibit      Against   Against    Shareholder

      Repricing                                                                 

7     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

8     Report on Charitable Contributions        Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Performance-Based Equity Awards           Against   For        Shareholder

10    Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred by     Against   Against    Shareholder

      Shareholder(s)                     0;                                      

11    Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

12    Clawback of Payments Under Restatement    Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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CLOROX COMPANY, THE                                                             

 

Ticker:       CLX            Security ID:&# 160; 189054109                           

Meeting Date: NOV 16, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 20, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Daniel Boggan, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Tully M. Friedman          For       For    & #160;   Management

1.3   Elect Director Gerald E. Johnston         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Robert W. Matschullat      For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Gary G. Michael            For       For        Management

1 .6   Elect Director Jan L. Murley              For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Lary R. Scott              For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Michael E. Shannon         For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Pamela Thomas-Graham     &# 160; For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Carolyn M. Ticknor         For       For        Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

4     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE& #160;                                                         

 

Ticker:       KO             Security ID:  191216100                           

Meeting Date: APR 19, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  FEB 21, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                        &# 160;         Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Herbert A. Allen           For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Ronald W. Allen            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Cathleen P. Black          For       For        ; Management

1.4   Elect Director Barry Diller               For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director E. Neville Isdell          For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Donald R. Keough           For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Donald F. McHenry          For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Sam Nunn                   For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director James D. Robinson, III     For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Peter V. Ueberroth    & #160;    For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director James B. Williams          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Amend Restricted Stock Plan          ;      For       For        Management

4     Report on Charitable Contributions        Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Review/ Report on Recycling Policy        Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Performance-Based and/or Time-Based       Against   Against    Shareholder

   ;    Equity Awards                                                            

7     Report on Environmental Liabilities in    Against   Against    Shareholder

      India                                          60;                          

8     Sponsor Independent Inquiry into          Against   Against    Shareholder

      Operations in Columbia                                                   

 

 

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DEERE & CO.                                                                    

 

< p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">Ticker:       DE             Security ID:  244199105                           

Meeting Date: FEB 22, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  DEC 31, 2005                         0;                            

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect  Director Crandall C. Bowles        For       For        Management

1.2   Elect  Director Vance D. Coffman          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect  Director Arthur L. Kelly           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect  Director Thomas H. Patrick         For       For        Management

2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                   For       For        Management

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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DIAGEO PLC (FORMERLY GUINNESS PLC)                                             

 

Ticker:       DEO            Security ID:  25243Q205                           

Meeting Date: OCT 18, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  SEP 1, 2005                                                      

 

#     Proposal& #160;                                 Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS 2005                 For       For        Management

2     DIRECTORS  REMUNERATION REPORT 2005       For       For        Management

3   ;   DECLARATION OF FINAL DIVIDEND             For       For        Management

4     RE-ELECTION OF LORD BLYTH OF ROWINGTON    For       For        Management

      (MEMBER OF NOMINATION COMMITTEE)                                         

5 &# 160;   RE-ELECTION OF MS M LILJA (MEMBER OF      For       For        Management

      AUDIT, NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION                                       

      COMMITTEE)                                                 ;               

6     RE-ELECTION OF MR WS SHANAHAN (MEMBER OF  For       For        Management

      AUDIT, NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION                                       

      COMMITTEE)                  & #160;                                             

7     ELECTION OF DR FB HUMER (MEMBER OF AUDIT, For       For        Management

      NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE)                                   

8     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

9     AUTHORITY TO ALLOT RELEVANT SECURITIES    For       For        Management

10    DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS      For       For        Management

11    AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE OWN OR DINARY SHARES For       For        Management

12    AUTHORITY TO MAKE EU POLITICAL            For       For        Management

      DONATIONS/EXPENDITURE                                                    

13    ADOPTION OF NEW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION   For       For        Management

 

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.                                        &# 160;              

 

Ticker:       D              Security ID:  25746U109                            

Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 24, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Peter W. Brown             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Ronald J. Calise           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Thos. E. Capps             For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr.    For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II      For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director John W. Harris             For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr.      For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Mark J. Kington            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III   For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Richard L. Leatherwood     For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna        For       For         Management

1.12  Elect Director Frank S. Royal, M.D.       For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director S. Dallas Simmons          For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director David A. Wollard           For       For        Management

2  60;   Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                          ;    

4     Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions        Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement  Against   For        Shareholder

      Plans to Shareholder vote                                                

 

 

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DOVER CORP.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       DOV            Security ID:  260003108                           

Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 28, 2006           0;                                          

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director D.H. Benson                For    & #160;  For        Management

1.2   Elect Director R.W. Cremin                For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director J-P.M. Ergas               For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director K.C. Graham                For       For    ;     Management

1.5   Elect Director R.L. Hoffman               For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director J.L. Koley                 For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director R.K. Lochridge             For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director T.L. Reece                 For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director B.G. Rethore               For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director M.B. Stubbs                For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director M.A. Winston               For       For        Management

2     Other Business                            For       Against    Management

 

 

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EATON CORP.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       ETN            Security ID:  27805810 2                           

Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 27, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Christopher M. Connor      For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Alexander M. Cutler        For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Deborah. L. McCoy          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Gary L. Tooker             For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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EL PASO CORP                                                                    

 

Ticker:       EP             Security ID:  28336L109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 27, 2006       &# 160;                                              

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Juan Carlos Braniff        For       For  ;       Management

1.2   Elect Director James L. Dunlap            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Douglas L. Foshee          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Robert W. Goldman          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Anthony W. Hall, Jr.       For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Thomas R. Hix              For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director William H. Joyce           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.        For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Ferrell P. McClean         For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director J. Michael Talbert         For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Robert F. Vagt             For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director John L. Whitmire           For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Joe B. Wyatt               For       For        Management

2     Provide for Cumulative Voting             Against   Against    Shareholder

3  60;   Increase Disclosure of Executive          Against   For        Shareholder

      Compensation                                                             

 

 

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ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP.                                                   

 

Ticker:       EDS            Security ID:  285661104           0;                

Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 24, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Roger A. Enrico            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director S. Malcolm Gillis          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Ray J. Groves              For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock           For       For        Management

1.6& #160;  Elect Director Jeffrey M. Heller          For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Ray L. Hunt                For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Michael H. Jordan          For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Edward A. Kangas       &# 160;   For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director R. David Yost              For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

4     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.                                                           

 

Ticker:       EMR             Security ID:  291011104                           

Meeting Date: FEB 7, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  NOV 29, 2005                                                60;     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director A. A. Busch,III            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director A. F. Golden     60;          For       Withhold   Management

1.3   Elect Director V. R. Loucks, Jr           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director J. B. Menzer               For       For        Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For   ;     For        Management

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

4     Submit Severance Agreement                Against   Against    Shareholder

      (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote            60;                      

 

 

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EXXON MOBIL CORP.                                            0;                  

 

Ticker:       XOM            Security ID:  30231G102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 6, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   ; Elect Director Michael J. Boskin          For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director William W. George          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director James R. Houghton          For       Withhold   Management

1.4   Elect Director William R. Howell          For       Withhold  ;  Management

1.5   Elect Director Reatha Clark King          For       Withhold   Management

1.6   Elect Director Philip E. Lippincott       For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.    For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Marilyn Carlson Nelson  & #160;  For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano        For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Walter V. Shipley          For       Withhold   Management

1.11  Elect Director J. Stephen Simon           For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Rex W. Tillerson           For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Provide for Cumulative Voting             Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

5     Company-Specific-Nominate Independent     Against   Against    Shareholder

      Director with Industry Experience                                        

6     Require Director Nominee Qualifications   Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Non-Employee Director Compensation        Against   Against    Shareholder

8     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against & #160; Against    Shareholder

9     Review Executive Compensation             Against   Against    Shareholder

10    Link Executive Compensation to Social     Against   Against    Shareholder

      Issues                                                                    

11    Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

12    Report on Charitable Contributions        Against   Against    Shareholder

13    Amend Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Against   Against    Shareholder

      to Prohibit Discrimination Based on     ;                                   

      Sexual Orientation                                                       

14    Report on Damage Resulting from Drilling  Against   Against    Shareholder

& #160;     for Oil and gas in Protected Areas                                        

15    Report Accountability for Company's       Against   Against    Shareholder

      Environmental Impacts due to Operation                                   

 

 

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FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.                                              

 

Ticker:       FD             Security ID:  31410H101                           

Meeting Date: JUL 13, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAY 20, 2005                                     & #160;               

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     Issue Shares in Connection with an        For       For        Management

       Acquisition                                                               

2.1   Elect Director Meyer Feldberg             For       For        Management

2.2   Elect Director Terry J. Lundgren          For       For        Management

2.3   Elect Director Marna C. Whittington       For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         For       For        Management

4     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

5     Adjourn Meeting                           For       For        Management

 

 

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FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.   & #160;                                          

 

Ticker:       FD             Security ID:  31410H101                            

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 31, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast&# 160; Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Joyce M. Roche             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director William P. Stiritz         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Craig E. Weatherup         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       For        Management

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       For        Management

5     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       For        Management

6     Limit Boards on Which Directors May       Against   Against    Shareholder

      Concurrently Serve                                                        

 

 

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FLUOR CORP.                                                               & #160;    

 

Ticker:       FLR            Security ID:  343412102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 8, 200 6                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Alan L. Boeckmann           For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Vilma S. Martinez          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Dean R. O'Hare             For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         & #160; For       For        Management

3     Performance-Based                         Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.                                                          

 

Ticker:       GD             Security ID:  369550108                           

M eeting Date: MAY 3, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 10, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal               ;                    Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director N.D. Chabraja              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director J.S. Crown                 For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director W.P. Fricks                 For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director C.H. Goodman               For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director J.L. Johnson               For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director G.A. Joulwan               ; For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director P.G. Kaminski              For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director J.M. Keane                 For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director D.J. Lucas                 For    ;    For        Management

1.10  Elect Director L.L. Lyles                 For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director C.E. Mundy, Jr.            For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director R. Walmsley                For       For      0;  Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder

      of Directors                                      & #160;                       

4     Disqualification of Directors Who Fail to Against   Against    Shareholder

      Receive Majority Vote                                                    

5     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions     0;  Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Report Political Contributions            Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Sustainability Report                     Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.                                                           

 

Ticker:       GE             Security ID:  369604103     & #160;                     

Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 27, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

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

1.2   Elect Director Sir William M. Castell     For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Ann M. Fudge               For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez        For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt          For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Andrea Jun g                For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Alan G. Lafley             For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Robert W. Lane             For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen         0;   For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus        For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Sam Nunn                   For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Roger S. Penske            For       For      ;   Management

1.13  Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa        For       For        Management

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

1.15  Elect Director Robert C. Wright           For       For        Management

2     Ratify Au ditors                           For       For        Management

3     Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting  Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Adopt Policy on Overboarded Directors     Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Company-Specific -- One Director from the Against   Against    Shareholder

      Ranks of the Retirees                                                    

6     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder

    0;  of Directors                                                             

8     Report on Environmental Policies          Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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GILLETTE CO., THE                                                              

 

Ticker:       G              Security ID:  375766102    &# 160;                       

Meeting Date: JUL 12, 2005   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  MAY 19, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     Approve Merger Agreement                  For       For        Management

2     Adjourn Meeting                            For       For        Management

 

 

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GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (FORMERLY GLAXO WELLCOME PLC )                             

 

Ticker:       GSK            Security ID:  37733W105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 10, 2006                ;                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     TO RECEIVE AND ADOPT THE DIRECTORS        For       For       0; Management

      REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                      

2     TO APPROVE THE REMUNERATION REPORT        For       For        Management

3     TO ELECT DR MONCEF SLAOUI AS A DIRECTOR   For       For        Management

4     TO ELECT MR TOM DE SWAAN AS A DIRECTOR    For       For        Management

5     TO RE-ELECT MR LARRY CULP AS A DIRECTOR   For       For        Management

6     TO RE-ELECT SIR CRISPIN DAVIS AS A        For       For        Management

      DIRECTOR       &# 160;                                                          

7     TO RE-ELECT DR RONALDO SCHMITZ AS A       For       For        Management

      DIRECTOR                                        ;                          

8     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

9     REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS                  For       For        Management

10     TO AUTHORISE THE COMPANY TO MAKE          For       For        Management

      DONATIONS TO EU POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS                                   

      AND INCUR EU POLITICAL EXPENDITURE                                       

11    AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES                 For       For        Management

12    DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS      For       For        Management

      (INDICATES A SPECIAL RESOLUTION)                                         

13    AUTHORITY FOR THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS For       For        Management

      OWN SHARES (INDICATES A SPECIAL                                          

      RESOLUTION)                                     ;                           

 

 

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H. J. HEINZ CO.                                        60;                        

 

Ticker:       HNZ            Security ID:  423074103                           

Meeting Date: AUG 23, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 3, 2005                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William R. Johnson         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Charles E. Bunch           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Mary C. Choksi             For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.    For 60;      For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Peter H. Coors             For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Edith E. Holiday           For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Candace Kendle             For       For        Ma nagement

1.8   Elect Director Dean R. O' Hare            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Lynn C. Swann              For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Thomas J. Usher            For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Hire Advisor/Maximize Shareholder Value   Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Adopt Simple Majority Vote                Against   For        Shareholder

 

 

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HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       HOG            Security ID:  412822108                           

Meeting Date: APR 29, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 9, 2006                                     60;                 

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jeffrey L. Bluestein       For       For        Management

1.2   Elect D irector Donald A. James            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director James A. Norling           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director James L. Ziemer            For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors            &# 160;              For       For        Management

 

 

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HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., THE                                 ;   

 

Ticker:       HIG            Security ID:  416515104                           

Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 20, 2006  & #160;                                                  

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Ramani Ayer           &# 160;    For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Ramon de Oliveira          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Edward J. Kelly, III       For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Paul G. Kirk, Jr           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Thomas M. Marra            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Gail J. McGovern           For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Michael G. Morris          For       For        Management

1.8 0;  Elect Director Robert W. Selander         For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Charles B. Strauss         For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert         For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director David K. Zwiener           For       F or        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.                                                             

 

Ticker:       HPQ            Security ID:  428236103                           

Meeting Date: MAR 15, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JAN 17, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal             60;                     Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director P.C. Dunn                  For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director L.T. Babbio, Jr.           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director S.M. Baldauf       & #160;       For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director R.A. Hackborn              For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director J.H. Hammergren            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director M.V. Hurd                  For&# 160;      For        Management

1.7   Elect Director G.A. Keyworth Ii           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director T.J. Perkins               For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director R.L. Ryan                  For       For  60;      Management

1.10  Elect Director L.S. Salhany               For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director R.P. Wayman                For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For    &# 160;  For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

4     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                ;               

5     Claw-Back of Payments under Restatement   Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD.           & #160;                                                

 

Ticker:       7267           Security ID:  438128308                           

Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual           0;                   

Record Date:  MAR 30, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec 0;  Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL FOR APPROPRIATION OF For       For        Management

      RETAINED EARNINGS FOR THE 82ND FISCAL                                     

      YEAR.                            &# 160;                                       

2     PARTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF     For       For        Management

      INCORPORATION.                                                          60; 

3.1   Elect  Director Takeo Fukui               For       For        Management

3.2   Elect  Director Satoshi Aoki              For       For        Management

3.3   Elect  Director Minoru Harada             For       For        Management

3.4   Elect  Director Motoatsu Shiraishi        For       For        Management

3.5   Elect  Director Satoshi Dobashi           For       For        Management

3.6   Elect  Director Atsuyoshi Hyogo           For       For        Management

3.7   Elect  Dire ctor Satoshi Toshida           For       For        Management

3.8   Elect  Director Koki Hirashima            For       For        Management

3.9   Elect  Director Koichi Kondo              For       For        Management

3.10  Elect  Director Toru Onda          0;       For       For        Management

3.11  Elect  Director Akira Takano              For       For        Management

3.12  Elect  Director Mikio Yoshimi             For       For        Management

3.13  Elect  Director Shigeru Takagi            For        For        Management

3.14  Elect  Director Hiroshi Kuroda            For       For        Management

3.15  Elect  Director Satoru Kishi              For       For        Management

3.16  Elect  Director Kensaku Hogen             For       For        Management < /p>

3.17  Elect  Director Hiroyuki Yoshino          For       For        Management

3.18  Elect  Director Tetsuo Iwamura            For       For        Management

3.19  Elect  Director Tatsuhiro Oyama           For       For        Management

3.20 0; Elect  Director Fumihiko Ike              For       For        Management

4     PAYMENT OF BONUS TO DIRECTORS AND         For       For        Management

      CORPORATE AUDITORS FOR THE 82ND FISCAL                                   

   60;   YEAR.                                                                     

5     PRESENTATION OF RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE TO   For       For        Management

      RETIRING DIRECTOR FOR HIS RESPECTIVE                        ;              

      SERVICES.                                                                 

 

 

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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.                                                  

 

Ticker:       HON            Security ID:  438516106                            

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 24, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Gordon M. Bethune          For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Jaime Chico Pardo          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director David M. Cote              For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director D. Scott Davis             For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Linnet F. Deily            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Clive R. Hollick        ;    For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director James J. Howard            For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Bruce Karatz               For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Russell E. Palmer          For       For   & #160;    Management

1.10  Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg         For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Bradley T. Sheares         For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Eric K. Shinseki           For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director John R. Stafford           For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Michael W. Wright          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     A pprove Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

4     Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For        Management

      Stock Plan                                                               60;

5     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

6     Compensation- Director Compensation       Against   Against    Sharehold er

7     Claw-back of Payments under Restatements  Against   For        Shareholder

8     Report on Public Welfare Initiative       Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Eliminate or Restrict Severance           Against   For        Shareholder

      Agreements (Change-in-Control)         0;                                   

 

 

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IAC/INTERACTIVECORP.                               &# 160;                           

 

Ticker:       IACI           Security ID:  44919P300                           

Meeting Date: JUN 20, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 26, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director William H. Berkman         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Edgar Bronfman, Jr.        For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Barry Diller               For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Victor A. Kaufman     60;     For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Donald R. Keough           For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Bryan Lourd                For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director John C. Malone             For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Arthur C. Martinez         For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Steven Rattner             For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director H. Norman Schwarzkopf      For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Alan G. Spoon              For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Diane Von Furstenberg      For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

&nbs p;

 

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.                                                        

 

Ticker:       IP             Security ID:  460146103                            

Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 16, 2006                               0;                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John L. Townsend, III      For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director John F. Turner             For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Alberto Weisser            For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director John V. Faraci             For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Donald F. McHenry     0;     For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director William G. Walter          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Again st    Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

4     Sustainable Forestry Report               Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Declassify the Board of Directors    60;     Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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ISHARES, INC.                                                      0;             

 

Ticker:       EZU            Security ID:  464286848                           

Meeting Date: AUG 11, 2005   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  APR 25, 2005                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Lee T. Kranefuss &# 160;         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director John E. Martinez           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Richard K. Lyons           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director George G.C. Parker         For       For   0;     Management

1.5   Elect Director W. Allen Reed              For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Cecilia H. Herbert         For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Charles A. Hurty           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director John E. Kerrigan           For       For        Management

2     Approve Change of Fundamental Investment  For       For        Management

      Policy - Senior Securities                                               

3     Approve Change of Fundamental Investment  For       For        Management

      Policy - Lending                                                          

4     Approve Change of Fundamental Investment  For       For        Management

      Objective to Non-fundamental                                             

5     Other Business                            For       For        Management

 

 

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON                                                              

 

Ticker:       JNJ            Security ID:  478160104                     & #160;     

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 28, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Mary S. Coleman            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director James G. Cullen            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert J. Darretta         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Michael M. E. Johns        For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Ann D. Jordan              For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Arnold G. Langbo        &# 160;  For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist         For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Leo F. Mullin              For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Christine A. Poon          For       For        Manag ement

1.10  Elect Director Charles Prince             For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Steven S. Reinemund        For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director David Satcher              For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director William C. Weldon          For       For        Management

2     Amend Articles to Remove Antitakeover     For       For        Management

      Provision                                                                 < /p>

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

4     Disclose Charitable Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

  & #160;   of Directors                                                             

 

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE &am p; CO.                                                           

 

Ticker:       JPM            Security ID:  46625H100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2006   Meetin g Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 17, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                   Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John H. Biggs              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Stephen B. Burke           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director James S. Crown             For       For&# 160;       Management

1.4   Elect Director James Dimon                For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Ellen V. Futter            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director William H. Gray, III       For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr.   For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr.      For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director John W. Kessler            For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Robert I. Lipp              For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Richard A. Manoogian       For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director David C. Novak             For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Lee R. Raymond             For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director William C. Weldon          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Put Repricing of Stock Options to         Against   Against    Shareholder

      Shareholder Vote                                                         

4     Performance-Based Equity Awards           Against   For        Shareholder

5     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Remove Reference to Sexual Orientation    Against   Against    Shareholder

      from EEO Statement                                                        

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

      Special Meetings                                                         

8     Report on Lobbying Activities             Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

10    Approve Terms of Existing Poison Pill     Against   Against    Shareholder

11    Provide for Cumulative Voting             Against   Against    Shareholder

12    Claw-back of Payments under Restatements  Against   Against    Shareholder

13    Require Director Nominee Qualifications   Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.                                                           

 

Ticker:       KMB            Security ID:  494368103                           

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 27, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Dennis R. Beresford        For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Abelardo E. Bru            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Thomas J. Falk             For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Mae C. Jemison, M.D.       For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors       60;                    For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For        Shareholder

4     Adopt ILO Standards                       Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against&# 160;  Against    Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

6     Report on Feasibility of Phasing Out the  Against   Against    Shareholder

      Use of Non-certified Wood Fiber           & #160;                               

 

 

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KRAFT FOODS INC                                    0;                            

 

Ticker:       KFT            Security ID:  50075N104                            

Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                             &# 160;

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor    

1.1   Elect Director Jan Bennink                For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Roger K. Deromedi          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Dinyar S. Devit re          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Richard A. Lerner, M.D.    For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director John C. Pope               For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Mary L. Schapiro           For       For    ;     Management

1.8   Elect Director Charles R. Wall            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Deborah C. Wright          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For      ;   Management

3     Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       Against    Management

      Stock Plan                                                               

4     Cease Corporate Support for Homosexual    Against   Against    Shareholder

      Activities or Events                                                     

 

 

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KROGER CO., THE                                                                 

 

Ticker:       KR             Security ID:  501044101                            < /p>

Meeting Date: JUN 22, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 24, 2006                                                      

 

#     P roposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Don W. McGeorge            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director W. Rodney McM ullen         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Clyde R. Moore             For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Steven R. Rogel            For       For        Management

2     Declassify the Board of Directors         For        For        Management

3     Eliminate Cumulative Voting               For       For        Management

4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management

5     Opt Out of State's Control Share          For       For        Management

      Acquisition Law                                                          

6     Require Advance Notice for Shareholder    For       For        Management

      Proposals                   & #160;                                             

7     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

8     Report on Animal Welfare Standards        Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Prepare a Sustainability Report           Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.                                   & #160;                      

 

Ticker:       LMT            Security ID:  539830109                            

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director E.C. Aldridge, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Marcus C. Bennett          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr.        For        For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Gwendolyn S. King          For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director James M. Loy               For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Douglas H. McCorkindale    For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Eugene F. Murphy           For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Joseph W. Ralston          For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Frank Savage               For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director James M. S chneider         For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Anne Stevens               For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Robert J. Stevens          For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director James R. Ukropina          For       For & #160;      Management

1.15  Elect Director Douglas C. Yearley         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

4     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For       For        Management

5     Increase Disclosure of Executive          Against   Against    Shareholder

      Compensation                                                         &# 160;   

6     Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement    Against   For        Shareholder

7     Report Equal Employment Opportunity       Against   Against    Shareholder

      Information                                                        & #160;     

8     Report on Depleted Uranium Weapons        Against   Against    Shareholder

      Components                                                               

 

 

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MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORP.                                                        

 

Ticker:       MI             Security ID:  571834100                           

Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                               & #160;      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Mark F. Furlong            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Ted D. Kellner    ;          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Katharine C. Lyall         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Peter M. Platten, III      For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director James B. Wigdale           For       For      &# 160; Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

4     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For       ;  Shareholder

 

 

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MEDIMMUNE, INC.                                                                &# 160;

 

Ticker:       MEDI           Security ID:  584699102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 31, 2006      0;                                               

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Wayne T. Hockmeyer         For        For        Management

1.2   Elect Director David M. Mott              For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director David Baltimore            For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director M. James Barrett           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director James H. Cavanaugh         For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin   For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Gordon S. Macklin          For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director George M. Milne, Jr.    0;   For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Elizabeth  H.S. Wyatt      For       For        Management

2     Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option  For       For        Management

      Plan                                                                      

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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MICROSOFT CORP.                                                                

 

Ticker:       MSFT           Security ID:  594918104                0;            

Meeting Date: NOV 9, 2005    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 9, 2005                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor    

1.1   Elect Director William H. Gates, III      For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director James I. Cash Jr.          For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Dina Dublon                For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin       For       Withhold   Management

1.6   Elect Director A. Mclaughlin Korologos    For     0;  For        Management

1.7   Elect Director David F. Marquardt         For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Charles H. Noski           For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Helmut Panke               For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Jon A. Shirley             For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP                                                  

 

Ticker:       8306           Security ID:  606822104               ;             

Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 30, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS   For       For        Management

      OF RETAINED EARNINGS AND OTHER CAPITAL                                    

      SURPLUS FOR THE 1ST BUSINESS TERM                                        

2     REDUCTION OF THE LEGAL CAPITAL SURPLUS    For       For        Management

3     PARTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF     For       For        Management

      INCORPORATION                                                            

4     ELECTION OF 15 (FIFTEEN) DIRECTORS        For       For        Management

5     GRANTING OF RETIREMENT GRATUITIES TO      For       Against     Management

      RETIRING AND RETIRED DIRECTORS AND                                       

      CORPORATE AUDITORS                                                       

 

 

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MONSANTO CO.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       MON            Security ID:  61166W101                           

Meeting Date: JAN 17, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  NOV 18, 2005                          ;                             

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director  Hugh Grant                For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director C. Steven McMillan         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert J. Stevens          For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan      For       For        Management

4     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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MORGAN STANLEY                                                                 

 

Ticker:      60; MS             Security ID:  617446448                           

Meeting Date: APR 4, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 3, 2006                                              0;        

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Roy J. Bostock             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director C. Robert Kidder           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director John J. Mack               For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen       For       For 0;       Management

1.6   Elect Director Hutham S. Olayan           For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director O. Griffith Sexton         For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Howard J. Davies           For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Charles H. Noski           For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Laura D'Andrea Tyson       For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Klaus Zumwinkel            For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors        0;                   For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         For       For        Management

4     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Remove plurality    For       For        Management

      voting for directors           &# 160;                                         

5     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Eliminate           For       For        Management

      supermajority voting requirements                                         

6     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

7     Amend Vote Requirements to Amend          Against   For        Shareholder

      Articles/Bylaws/Charter                                                  

8     Submit Severance Agreement (Change in     Against   For        Shareholder

      Control) to shareholder Vote                         0;                    

 

 

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MOTOROLA, INC.                                              &# 160;                  

 

Ticker:       MOT            Security ID:  620076109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 3, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1 0;  Elect Director E. Zander                  For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director H.L. Fuller                For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director J. Lewent                  For       For        Management

1.4   ; Elect Director T. Meredith                For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director N. Negroponte              For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director I. Nooyi                   For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director S. Sc ott, III              For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director R. Sommer                  For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director J. Stengel                 For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director D. Warner, III              For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director J. White                   For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director M. White                   For       For        Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan      60;          For       For        Management

3     Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison    Against   For        Shareholder

      Pill) to Shareholder Vote                                                

 

 

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NEWMONT MINING CORP. (HOLDING COMPANY)                                         

 

Ticker:       NEM     &# 160;      Security ID:  651639106                           

Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                       0;

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Glen A. Barton             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Noreen Doyle               For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Michael S. Hamson          For       For        Manag ement

1.6   Elect Director Leo I. Higdon, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Pierre Lassonde            For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Robert J. Miller           For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Wayne W. Murdy             For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Robin A. Plumbridge        For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director John B. Prescott           For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Donald C. Roth             For        For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Seymour Schulich           For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director James V. Taranik           For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For    0;   For        Management

3     Provide for an Independent Chairman       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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NIKE, INC.             0;                                                         

 

Ticker:       NKE            Security ID:  654106103                           

Meeting Date: SEP 20, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual &# 160;                            

Record Date:  JUL 25, 2005                                                      

 

#     Proposal                          0;        Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect  Director Jill K. Conway            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect  Director Alan B. Graf, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect  Director Jeanne P. Jackson         For       For        Manage ment

2     Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       For        Management

5     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.           &# 160;                                             

 

Ticker:       NOC            Security ID:  666807102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 21, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John T. Chain, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Vic Fazio                  For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Stephen E. Frank           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Charles R. Larson          For       Withhold   Management

1.5   Elect Director Richard B. Myers           For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar            For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                            For       For        Management

3     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For       For        Management

4     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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NOVARTIS AG                                                                     

 

Ticker:       NVS& #160;           Security ID:  66987V109                           

Meeting Date: FEB 28, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JAN 31, 2006                                                 &# 160;    

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE        For       For        Management

      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF NOVARTIS AG AND   ;                                

      THE GROUP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL                                         

      STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2005.                                          ;   

2     APPROVAL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD   For       For        Management

      OF DIRECTORS.                                                            

3     APPROPRIATION OF AVAILABLE EARNINGS OF    For    &# 160;  For        Management

      NOVARTIS AG AS PER BALANCE SHEET AND                                     

      DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND.                                                 

4     REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL.               For       For        Management

5     AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF              For       For        Management

      INCORPORATION.                                                   &# 160;        

6     RE-ELECTION OF PROF. SRIKANT M. DATAR     For       For        Management

      PH.D. FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.                                             

7     RE-ELECTION OF WILLIAM W. GEORGE FOR A    For       For   & #160;    Management

      THREE-YEAR TERM.                                                         

8     RE-ELECTION OF DR.-ING. WENDELIN          For       For        Management

      WIEDEKING FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.  60;                                        

9     RE-ELECTION OF PROF. ROLF M. ZINKERNAGEL  For       For        Management

      M.D. FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.                                              

10    THE ELECTION OF ANDREAS VON PLANTA PH.D.  For       For        Management

      FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.                                                   

11    Ratify Auditors                           For       For    0;    Management

 

 

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PALL CORP.                                                              & #160;      

 

Ticker:       PLL            Security ID:  696429307                           

Meeting Date: NOV 16, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 27, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Ulrich Haynes, Jr.       60;  For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Edwin W. Martin, Jr.       For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Marcus Wilson              For       For        Management

2     Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase   For       For        Management

      Plan                                                                      

 

 

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PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP.                                                          

 

Ticker:       PH             Security ID:  701094104                            

Meeting Date: OCT 26, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  AUG 31, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                   Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect  Director William E. Kassling       For       For        Management

1.2   Elect  Director Peter W. Likins           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect  Director Joseph M. Scaminace        For       For        Management

1.4   Elect  Director Wolfgang R. Schmitt       For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For        For        Management

4     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For        Shareholder

 

 

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PEPSICO, INC.       60;                                                           

 

Ticker:       PEP            Security ID:  713448108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2006    Meet ing Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 10, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                       60;           Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John F. Akers              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Robert E. Allen            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Dina Dublon                For   &# 160;   For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Victor J. Dzau, M.D.       For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Ray L. Hunt                For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Alberto Ibarguen           For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Arthur C. Martinez         For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Indra K. Nooyi             For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Steven S. Reinemund        For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Sharon Percy Rockefeller   For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director James J. Schiro            For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas         For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Cynthia M. Trudell         For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Daniel Vasella             For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director Michael D. White           For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Publish Political Contributions           Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Report on Charitable Contributions        Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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PFIZER INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       PFE            Security ID:  717081103                          ;  

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Michael S. Brown           For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director M. Anthony Burns           For       For        Management

1.3  60; Elect Director Robert N. Burt             For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director W. Don Cornwell            For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director William H. Gray, III       For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Constance J. Horner        For     ;   For        Management

1.7   Elect Director William R. Howell          For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Stanley O. Ikenberry       For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director George A. Lorch            For       Withhold   Management

1.10  Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell         For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Dana G. Mead               For       Withhold   Management

1.12  Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons            For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr.     For    & #160;  For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management

4     Establish Term Limits for Directors       Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Social Proposal                           Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting  Against   For        Shareholder

7     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   For        Shareholder

8     Report on Political Co ntributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Report on Animal Welfare Policy           Against   Against    Shareholder

10    Reort on Animal-based Testing             Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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PG&E CORP.                                                                     

 

Ticker:       PCG            Security ID:  69331C108                           

Meeting Date: APR 19, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  FEB 21, 2006                                                     

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#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director David R. Andrews           For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Leslie S. Biller           For       For  ;       Management

1.3   Elect Director David A. Coulter           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director C. Lee Cox                 For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Peter A. Darbee            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Maryellen C. Herringer     For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Mary S. Metz               For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Barbara L. Rambo           For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Direct or Barry Lawson Williams      For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison    Against   Against    Shareholder

      Pill) to Shareholder Vote            &# 160;                                   

4     Provide for an Independent Chairman       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.                                             

 

Ticker:       PNC            Security ID:  693475105                           

Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006   Meeti ng Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  FEB 28, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                       ;            Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Mr. Chellgren              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Mr. Clay                   For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Mr. Cooper              60;   For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Mr. Davidson               For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Ms. James                  For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Mr. Kelson                 F or       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Mr. Lindsay                For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Mr. Massaro                For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Mr. O'Brien                For    & #160;  For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Ms. Pepper                 For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Mr. Rohr                   For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Ms. Steffes                For       For & #160;      Management

1.13  Elect Director Mr. Strigl                 For       For        Management

1.14  Elect Director Mr. Thieke                 For       For        Management

1.15  Elect Director Mr. Usher                  For       For      ;   Management

1.16  Elect Director Mr. Walls                  For       For        Management

1.17  Elect Director Mr. Wehmeier               For       For        Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Manageme nt

3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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PRAXAIR, INC.&# 160;                                                                 

 

Ticker:       PX             Security ID:  74005P104                           

Meetin g Date: APR 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal               0;                   Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Stephen F. Angel           For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Claire W. Gargalli         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director G. Jackson Ratcliffe, Jr.  For       For      &# 160; Management

1.4   Elect Director Dennis H. Reilley          For       For        Management

2     Declassify the Board of Directors         None      For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

4      Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

 

 

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PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE                  0;                                

 

Ticker:       PG             Security ID:  742718109                           

Meeting Date: OCT 11, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                         60;     

Record Date:  AUG 12, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Bruce L. Byrnes            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Scott D. Cook              For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Charles R. Lee             For       For        Management

1. 4   Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr.     For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo            For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Amend Article s                            For       For        Management

4     Declassify the Board of Directors         For       For        Management

5     Report on Animal Welfare Policy           Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Seek Sale of Company/Assets     ;           Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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PROGRESS ENERGY, INC. &# 160;                                                        

 

Ticker:       PGN            Security ID:  743263105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 3, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                         &# 160;        Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director W. D. Frederick, Jr.       For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director W. Steven Jones            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Theresa M. Stone           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Edwin B. Borden            For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director James E. Bostic, Jr.       For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director David L. Burner            For       For        Management

1.7  0; Elect Director Richard L. Daugherty       For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.     For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors   0;      For       For        Management

4     Company Specific--Elect Director by       For       For        Management

      Majority Vote                                                            

5     Improve Security at Nuclear Facilities    Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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RAYTHEON CO.                                          ;                          

 

Ticker:       RTN            Security ID:  755111507                           

Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 9, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Barbara M. Barrett         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Vernon E. Clark            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Ferdinand                  For       For        Management

      0;Colloredo-Mansfeld                                                       

1.4   Elect Director John M. Deutch             For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Frederic M. Poses          For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Michael C. Ruettgers       For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Ronald L. Skates           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director William R. Spivey          For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Linda G. Stuntz     &# 160;      For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director William H. Swanson         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For  &# 160;    For        Management

4     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

5     Provide for Cumulative Voting    0;         Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement  Against   For        Shareholder

      Plans to Shareholder vote                                                

7     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against  60; Against    Shareholder

 

 

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SAFEWAY INC.                                                            &# 160;      

 

Ticker:       SWY            Security ID:  786514208                           

Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 27, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     Elect Director Steven A. Burd      0;       For       For        Management

2     Elect Director Janet E. Grove             For       For        Management

3     Elect Director Mohan Gyani                For       For        Management

4     Elect Director Paul Hazen            ;      For       For        Management

5     Elect Director Robert I. MacDonnell       For       For        Management

6     Elect Director Douglas J. MacKenzie       For       For        Management

7     Elect Director Rebecca A. Stirn           For       For      & #160; Management

8     Elect Director William Y. Tauscher        For       For        Management

9     Elect Director Raymond G. Viault          For       For        Management

10    Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management

11   ;  Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

12    Provide for Cumulative Voting             Against   Against    Shareholder

13    Eliminate or Restrict Severance           Against   Against    Shareholder

      Agreements (Change-in-Control)      ;                                      

14    Company-Specific-Establishment of an      Against   Against    Shareholder

      Office of the Board                                                       

15    Adopt Policy to Identify and Label Food   Against   Against    Shareholder

      Products that Contain Genetically                                        

      Engineered Ingredients                                                  0;  

16    Issue Sustainability Report               Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO )            0;                        

 

Ticker:       SNY            Security ID:  80105N105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 24, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     APPROVAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANY        For       For        Management

      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED                                   

      DECEMBER 31, 2005                                                         

2     APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL    For       For        Management

      STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER                                   

      31, 2005                        60;                                         

3     APPROPRIATION OF PROFITS; DECLARATION OF  For       For        Management

      DIVIDEND                                                           & #160;     

4     APPROVAL OF TRANSACTIONS COVERED BY THE   For       For        Management

      STATUTORY AUDITORS SPECIAL REPORT                                        

      PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE                      ;                 

      L.225-40 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE                                          

5     REAPPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR               For       For        Management

6     APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR & #160;               For       For        Management

7     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

8     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

9     DIRECTORS  ATTENDANCE FEES                For       For        Management

10    AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS   For       For        Management

      TO CARRY OUT TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES                                      

      ISSUED BY THE COMPANY                                                    

11    REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MERGER OF      For       For        Management

      RHONE COOPER INTO SANOFI-AVENTIS -                       0;                

      APPROVAL OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE                                    

      MERGER AND OF THE RESULTING CAPITAL                                      

     0; INCREASE                                                                 

12    APPROPRIATION OF MERGER PREMIUM           For       For        Management

13    FORMAL RECORDING OF FINAL COMPLETION OF   For       For        Management

      THE MERGER ON MAY 31, 2006 AND OF THE                                    

      RESULTING CAPITAL INCREASE                                               

14    AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 6 OF THE BYLAWS      For     ;   For        Management

      AFTER THE CAPITAL INCREASE                                               

15    AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES 12 AND 16 OF THE    For       For        Management

      BYLAWS                                                                    

16    POWERS                                    For       For        Management

 

 

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SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP.                                                          

 

Ticker:       SGP         & #160;  Security ID:  806605101                            

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 20, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Thomas J. Colligan         For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director C. Robert Kidder           For      0; For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Carl E. Mundy, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Patricia F. Russo          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Arthur F. Weinbach         For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditor                            For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         For       For        Management

4     Approve Outside Director Stock            For       For        Management

      Awards/Options in Lieu of Cash                                           

5     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

6     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

7     Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement    Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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SCHLUMBERGER LTD.                                                              

 

Ticker:       SLB            Security ID:  806857108     ;                       

Meeting Date: APR 12, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 1, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect  Director J. Deutch                 For       For        Management

1.2   Elect  Director J.S. Gorelick             For     &# 160; For        Management

1.3   Elect  Director A. Gould                  For       For        Management

1.4   Elect  Director T. Isaac                  For       For        Management

1.5   Elect  Director A. Lajous                 For   & #160;   For        Management

1.6   Elect  Director A. Levy-Lang              For       For        Management

1.7   Elect  Director M.E. Marks                For       For        Management

1.8   Elect  Director D. Primat                 For       For        Management

1.9   Elect  Director T.I. Sandvold             For       For        Management

1.10  Elect  Director N. Seydoux                For       For        Management

1.11  Elect  Director L.G. Stuntz               For       For      &# 160; Management

1.12  Elect  Director R. Talwar                 For       For        Management

2     ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF FINANCIALS AND   For       For        Management

      DIVIDENDS                                                                 

3     ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF  For       For        Management

      INCORPORATION                                                             

4     APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF  For       For        Management

      THE SCHLUMBERGER 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN                                  

5     APPROVAL OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC For       For        Management

      ACCOUNTING FIRM        & #160;                                                 

 

 

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SOUTHERN COMPANY                 60;                                               

 

Ticker:       SO             Security ID:  842587107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual          &# 160;                   

Record Date:  MAR 27, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec&# 160;  Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco     For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Dorrit J. Bern             For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Francis S. Blake           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Thomas F. Chapman          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Donald M. James            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Zack T. Pate               For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director J. Neal Purcell 60;           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director David M. Ratcliffe         For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr.      For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Gerald J. St. Pe           For       For       ;  Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management

 

 

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SPRINT NEXTEL CORP                                                             

 

Ticker:       S       0;       Security ID:  852061100                            

Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 28, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Keith J. Bane              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Gordon M. Bethune        60;  For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Timothy M. Donahue         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Frank M. Drendel           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Gary D. Forsee             For       For        Manage ment

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

1.7   Elect Director V. Janet Hill              For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr     For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Dir ector William E. Kennard         For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Linda Koch Lorimer         For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Stephanie M. Shern         For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director William H. Swanson         For       For     & #160;  Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder

      of Directors                                      0;                       

4     Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting  Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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SPRINT NEXTEL CORP                                                              

 

Ticker:       S              Security ID:  852061100                            

Meeting Date: JUL 13, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAY 20, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal                       &# 160;          Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       For        Management

2     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For       For        Management

3     Change Company Name                       For       For         Management

4     Issue Shares in Connection with an        For       For        Management

      Acquisition                                                              

5     Adjourn Meeting&# 160;                          For       For        Management

6.1   Elect  Director Gordon M. Bethune         For       For        Management

6.2   Elect  Director Dr. E. Linn Draper, Jr.   For       For        Management

6.3   Elect  Director James H. Hance, Jr.       Fo r       For        Management

6.4   Elect  Director Deborah A. Henretta       For       For        Management

6.5   Elect  Director Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.   For       For        Management

6.6   Elect  Director Linda Koch Lorimer        For       For        Management

6.7   Elect  Director Gerald L. Storch          For       For        Management

6.8   Elect  Director William H. Swanson        For       For        Management

7     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

8     Review Executive Compensation             Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC.                              & #160;            

 

Ticker:       8316           Security ID:  J7771X109                            

Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 31, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor    

1     Approve Allocation of Income, I ncluding   For       For        Management

      the Following Dividends on Ordinary                                      

      Shares: Interim JY 0, Final JY 3000,                                     

 0;     Special JY 0                                                             

2     Approve Reduction in Legal Reserves       For       For        Management

3     Authorize Share Repurchase Program for    For       For        Management

      Ordinary and Preferred Shares                                            

4     Amend Articles to: Decrease Authorized    For       For        Management

      Preferred Share Capital - Limit Liability                           & #160;    

      of Non-Executive Directors and Statutory                                 

      Auditors - Update Terminology to Match                                   

      That of New Corporate Law                                                 

5.1   Elect Director                            For       For        Management

5.2   Elect Director                            For       For        Management

5.3   Elect Director                            For       For        Management

6     Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor        For       Against    Management

7     Approve Retirement Bonuses for Director   For       For        Management

      and Statutory Auditor                                                    

 

 

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SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.   ;                                                         

 

Ticker:       STI            Security ID:  867914103                           

Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual 60;                             

Record Date:  FEB 28, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                          ;         Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director J. Hyatt Brown             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Alston D. Correll          For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director David H. Hughes            For       For      0;  Management

1.4   Elect Director E. Neville Isdell          For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director G. Gilmer Minor, III       For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Thomas M. Garrott          For       For        Management

2  60;   Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For        Shareholder

 

 

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TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES                                                 

 

Ticker:       TEVA           Security ID:  881624209                           

Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 27, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal   ;                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE COMPANY S      For       For        Management

      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER                                

 & #160;    31, 2005 AND THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS                                  

      OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR THEN ENDED.                                       

2     TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS         For       For        Management

      RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CASH DIVIDEND FOR                                

      THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 BE                                      

      DECLARED FINAL.                        ;                                   

3     TO APPOINT PROF. GABRIELA SHALEV AS A     For       For        Management

      STATUTORY INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR FOR AN                                    

       ADDITIONAL TERM OF THREE YEARS.                                          

4     TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR TO SERVE  For       For        Management

      FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM: DR. PHILLIP FROST                                 

5     TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR TO SERVE  For       For        Management

      FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM: CARLO SALVI                                       

6     TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTOR TO SERVE  For       For        Management

      FOR A THREE-YEAR T ERM: DAVID SHAMIR                                      

7     TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF DIRECTOR S AND For       For        Management

      OFFICER S LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THE                                     

   0;   DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.                                   

8     TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 60(E)  For       For        Management

      OF THE COMPANY S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.                                 

9 & #160;   TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE             For       For        Management

      REMUNERATION PAID TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE                                

      COMPANY (OTHER THAN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE                                  

      BOARD).                                                                  

10    TO APPOINT KESSELMAN & KESSELMAN, AS THE  For       For        Management

      INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING                                  

      FIRM AND DETERMINE THEIR COMPENSATION.                                   

 

 

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TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES                                                 

 

Ticker:       TEVA           Security ID:  881624209                           

Meeting Date: OCT 27, 2005   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  SEP 22, 2005                                                     

 

#     Proposal               & #160;                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1     TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF ORDINARY       For       For        Management

      SHARES OF TEVA, PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT                                

      AND PLAN OF MERGER, DATED JULY 25, 2005,                                   

      BY AND AMONG IVAX CORPORATION, TEVA AND                                  

      TWO WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF TEVA,                                   

      IVORY ACQUISITION SUB, INC. AND IVORY                                     

      ACQUISITION SUB II                                                       

 

 

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TRIBUNE CO.                                                                     

 

Ticker:       TRB            Security ID:  896047107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 7, 2006                                      & #160;               

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Dennis J. FitzSimons       For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Be tsy D. Holden            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert S. Morrison         For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director William Stinehart, Jr.     For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                      60;     For       For        Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For        Shareholder

 

 

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UNI ON PACIFIC CORP.                                                            

 

Ticker:       UNP            Security ID:  907818108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 0;   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 23, 2006                                                     

 

#     Proposal                   60;               Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jr. Richard K. Davidson    For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Erroll B. Davis            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Thomas J. Donohue          For       For        0;Management

1.4   Elect Director Archie W. Dunham           For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Judith Richards Hope       For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Charles C. Krulak          For       For        Management

1.7  60; Elect Director Michael W. McConnell       For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Steven R. Rogel            For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director James R. Young             For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                            For       For        Management

3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

4     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Provide for an Independent Chairman       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS                                                          

 

Ticker:       VZ             Security ID:  92343V104                           

Meeting Da te: MAY 4, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 6, 2006                                                       

 

#     Proposal               60;                   Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director James R. Barker            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Richard L. Carrion         For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert W. Lane             For    ;    For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Sandra O. Moose            For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Joseph Neubauer            For       Withhold   Management

1.6   Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen       For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Thomas H. O'Brien          For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr.         For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Hugh B. Price              For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg   0;      For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director Walter V. Shipley          For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director John R. Stafford           For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Robert D. Storey           For       For        Man agement

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting  Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      o f Directors                                                             

5     Require Majority of Independent Directors Against   Against    Shareholder

      on Board                                              & #160;                  

6     Company-Specific-Directors on Common      Against   Against    Shareholder

      Boards                                                                    

7      Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   For        Shareholder

8     Performance-Based and/or Time-Based       Against   Against    Shareholder

      Equity Awards                                                             

9     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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WAL-MART STORES, INC.                                     &# 160;                     

 

Ticker:       WMT            Security ID:  931142103                           

Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 5, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Aida M. Alvarez            For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director James W. Breyer            For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director M. Michele Burns           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr., Ph.D.  For    60;   For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Douglas N. Daft            For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director David D. Glass             For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Roland A. Hernandez        For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr.          For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Jack C. Shewmaker          For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Jim C. Walton              For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director S. Robson Walton           For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Christopher J. Williams    For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Linda S. Wolf              For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                      ;      For       For        Management

3     Report on Animal Welfare Standards        Against   Against    Shareholder

4     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

   ;    of Directors                                                             

6     Prepare a Sustainability Report           Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Report on Pay Disparity                   Against   Against    Shareholder

8     Report on Stock Option Distribution by    Against   Against    Shareholder

      Race and Gender                                                          

 

 

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WALT DISNEY COMPANY, THE                                                       

 

Ticker:       DIS            Security ID:  254687106    0;                       

Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JAN 9, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John E. Bryson             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director John S. Chen               For       For   ;      Management

1.3   Elect Director Judith L. Estrin           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director Robert A. Iger             For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer         For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director Aylin B. Lewis             For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Monica C. Lozano           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Robert W. Matschullat      For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director George J. Mitchell    & #160;    For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Leo J. O' Donovan, S.J.    For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director John E. Pepper, Jr.        For       For        Management

1.12  Elect Director Orin C. Smith              For       For        Management

1.13  Elect Director Gary L. Wilson             For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management

3     Company-Specific -- Shareholder           Against   Against    Shareholder

      Miscellaneous                                                             

4     Report on Vendor Standards in China       Against   Against    Shareholder

 

 

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WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       WMI            Security ID:  94106L109    & #160;                      

Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2006    Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 10, 2006                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Pastora San Juan Cafferty  For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director Frank M. Clark, Jr.        For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Thomas I. Morgan           For       For        Management

1.4   Elect Director John C. Pope               For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director W. Robert Reum             For       For        Management

1.6   Elec t Director Steven G. Rothmeier        For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director David P. Steiner           For       For        Management

1.8   Elect Director Thomas H. Weidemeyer       For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors                   &# 160;       For       For        Management

3     Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase   For       For        Management

      Plan                                                                     

4     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   For        Shareholder

      of Directors                                                             

 

 

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WYETH                                                                           

 

Ticker:       WYE             Security ID:  983024100                           

Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 3, 2006                                                    &# 160;  

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert Essner              For       For        Management

1.2   Elect Director John D. Feerick     &# 160;      For       For        Management

1.3   Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson,      For       For        Management

      Ph.D.                                                                    

1.4   Elect Director Victor F. Ganzi            For       For        Management

1.5   Elect Director Robert Langer              For       For        Management

1.6   Elect Director John P. Mascotte           For       For        Management

1.7   Elect Director Mary L ake Polan, M.D.,     For       For        Management

      Ph.D.                                                                    

1.8   Elect Director Gary L. Rogers             For       For        Management

1.9   Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg         For       For        Management

1.10  Elect Director Walter V. Shipley          For       For        Management

1.11  Elect Director John R. Torell, III        For       For        Management

2     Ratify Auditors   60;                        For       For        Management

3     Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For        Management

      Stock Plan                                                          & #160;    

4     Report on Product Availability in Canada  Against   Against    Shareholder

5     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Against    Shareholder

6     Report on Animal welfare Policy           Against   Against    Shareholder

7     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against   60; Shareholder

      of Directors                                                              

8     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder

9     Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement    Against   Against    Sharehol der

 

 

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XL CAPITAL LTD (FORMERLY EXEL LTD. )                                           

 

Ticker:       XL             Security ID:  G98255105                           

Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 15, 2006                        & #160;                            

 

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor   

1.1   Elect  Director Dale R. Comey             For       For        Management

1.2   Elect  Director Brian M. O'Hara           For       For        Management

1.3   Elect  Director John T. Thornton          For       For        Management

2     TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF              For       For        Management

      PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, NEW YORK, NEW                                

      YORK TO ACT AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED                                

      PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR                                 < /font>

      THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2006.                                

3     Other Business                            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.

LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Robert S. Dow

 

 

 

 

 Robert S. Dow

 

 

 

 Chief Executive Officer,

 

 

 

 Chairman and President

 

Date:  August 30, 2006



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