UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-03287
New Alternatives Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
150 Broadhollow Road, Suite PH2
Melville, New York 11747
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
David J. Schoenwald, President
New Alternatives Fund, Inc.
150 Broadhollow Road, Suite PH2
Melville, New York 11747
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 631-423-7373
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
Form N-PX is to be used by a registered management investment company, other than a small business investment company registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than August 31 of each year, containing the registrant’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, pursuant to section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rule 30b1-4 thereunder (17 CFR 270.30b1-4). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-PX in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
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PROXY VOTING RECORD
FOR PERIOD JULY 1, 2010 TO JUNE 30, 2011
Name of Security: Companhia de Saneamento Basico
Ticker: | SBS | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 20441A102 | |||
Meeting Type: | Special | |||||
Rec. Date: | 07/19/10 | Meeting Date: | 08/09/10 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Proposal to amend Article 46 of the bylaws in force to allow for the implementation of a new pension plan for SABESP’s employees- SABESPREV MAIS, all as more fully described in the proxy statement | For | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: EAGA, PLC
Ticker: | EAGA.L | Cusip or Sedol Number: | G29509109 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 09/16/10 | Meeting Date: | 10/14/10 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. |
Receive the Company’s annual accounts and Directors’ and Auditors’ report for YE 31 MAY 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. |
Approve Director’s remuneration report for YE 31 May 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. |
Declare a final dividend of 2.64 pence per ordinary share | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. |
Re-appoint Dave Routledge as a Director of the company, who retires by rotation | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. |
Re-appoint Quintin Oliver as a Director of the company, who retires by rotation | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. |
Re-appoint Willie MacDiarmid as a Director of the Company | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7. |
Appointment of Giles Sharp as a Director of the Company | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8. |
Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of Company | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
9. |
Authorize Directors to determine remuneration of Auditors | For | For | Board of Directors |
10. | Authorize Directors to allot shares in Company | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
11. | Approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
12. | Authorize the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
13. | Authorize the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days’ notice | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Sims Metal Management Limited
Ticker: | SMS | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 829160100 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 10/18/10 | Meeting Date: | 11/19/10 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
2. | To re-elect Mr. Christopher Renwick as an independent non-executive Director of the company | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | To amend the Constitution | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To approve the participation in the Sims Metal Management long-term incentive plan by Mr. Daniel Dienst | For | Against | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | To adopt the remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Telvent GIT SA
Ticker: | TLVT | Cusip or Sedol Number: | E90215109 | |||
Meeting Type: | Special | |||||
Rec. Date: | 10/21/10 | Meeting Date: | 11/22/10 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Ratification and appointment, as appropriate, of Directors | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Authorization to Board of Directors to repurchase its ordinary shares, directly or indirectly through group companies, in accordance with current legislation | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Authorize the Board of Directors with express powers of substitution, to interpret, amend, |
complement, execute, registration, substitution of powers and adaptation of the agreements to be adopted by the shareholders at this meeting | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
4. | Approval, as the case may be, of the minutes of this meeting as required by law | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as properly may come before the meeting | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Johnson Controls, Inc.
Ticker: | JCI | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 478366107 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 11/18/10 | Meeting Date: | 01/26/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: |
How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees Election | For | For All Nominees | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Ratification of PriceWaterhouseCoopers as independent auditors for 2011 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Approval of a proposed amendment to the Johnson Controls restated Articles of Incorporation to allow for a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of Directors | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Approval of Johnson Controls annual incentive performance plan | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Approval of Johnson Controls long-term incentive performance plan | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | Advisory vote on compensation of our named executive officers | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
7. | Advisory vote on frequency of advisory vote on compensation of our named executive officers | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Atmos Energy Corporation
Ticker: | ATO | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 049560105 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 12/15/10 | Meeting Date: | 02/09/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: |
How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1A. | Election of Director: Kim R. Cocklin | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1B. | Election of Director: Richard W. Douglas | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1C. | Election of Director: Ruben E. Esquivel | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1D. | Election of Director: Richard K. Gordon | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Proposal to amend Company’s 1998 long-term incentive plan to increase number of shares reserved for issuance under the plan and to extend the term of the plan for an additional five years | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Proposal to amend Company’s annual incentive plan for management to extend the term for an additional five years | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Proposal to ratify appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent public accounting firm for fiscal 2011 | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Proposal for an advisory vote by shareholders to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers for fiscal 2010 (“say on pay”) | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | Proposal for an advisory vote on the frequency of vote on say on pay in future years | For | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Ticker: | VWS.CO | Cusip or Sedol Number: | K9773J128 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/21/11 | Meeting Date: | 03/28/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: |
How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Report of the Board of Directors | None | None | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Presentation and adoption of the annual report | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3.1 | Presentation and adoption of the remuneration of the Board of Directors: Remuneration for financial year 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3.2 | Presentation and adoption of the remuneration of the Board of Directors: Remuneration for financial year 2011 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Resolution for the application of profit | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.a | Re-election of Bent Erik Carlsen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.b | Re-election of Torsten Erik Rasmussen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.c | Re-election of Freddy Frandsen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.d | Re-election of Hakan Eriksson | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.e | Re-election of Jorgen Huno Rasmussen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.f | Re-election of Jorn Ankaer Thomsen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.g | Re-election of Kurt Anker Nielsen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.h | Election of Carsten Bjerg | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | Reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab as |
the Company’s auditor | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
7.1 | The Board of Directors proposal: Adoption of remuneration policy for Vestas Wind System A/S’ Board of Directors and Executive Management | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7.2 | The Board of Directors proposal: Prolongation of the Board of Directors’ authorization to increase the share capital – amendment to Article 3 of the Company’s articles of association | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7.3 | The Board of Directors proposal: Authorization for the Board of Directors to let the company acquire treasury shares | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7.4 | The Shareholders proposal: The General Meeting decides that Vestas will not use the test centre in Osterlid designated by the Danish Government | Against | Abstain | Shareholder |
Name of Security: Hyflux Ltd
Ticker: | 600.SI | Cusip or Sedol Number: | Y3817K105 | |||
Meeting Type: | ExtraOrdinary General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/09/11 | Meeting Date: | 03/31/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
S.1 | That the Articles of Association of the Company be and are hereby amended in the manner and to the extent as setout in the Appendix to the Company’s circular to shareholders dated 9 March 2011 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
O.1 | Proposed preference share issue mandate | For | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Ticker: | PHG | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 500472303 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/03/11 | Meeting Date: | 03/31/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
2A | Adoption of the 2010 financial statements | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
2C | Adoption of a dividend of EUR 0.75 per common share in cash or shares, at the option of the shareholder, against the net |
income for 2010 of the Company | For | For | Board of Management | |||||
2D | Discharge of Board of Management for their responsibilities | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
2E | Discharge of Supervisory Board for their responsibilities | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
3A | Appointment of Mr. F.A. Van Houten as President/CEO and member of the Board of Management with effect from April 1, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
3B | Appointment of Mr. R.H. Wirahadiraksa as a member of the Board of Management with effect from April 1, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
3C | Appointment of Mr. P.A.J. Nota as a member of the Board of Management with effect from April 1, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
4A | Re-appointment of Mr. C.J.A. Van Lede as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from March 31, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
4B | Re-appointment of Mr. J.M. Thompson as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from March 31, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
4C | Re-appointment of Mr. H. Von Prondzynski as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from March 31, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
4D | Appointment of Mr. J.P. Tai as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from March 31, 2011 | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
05 | Re-appointment of KPMG accountants N.V. as external auditor of the Company | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
6A | Authorization of the Board of Management for a period of 18 months, per March 31, 2011, as the body which is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to issue shares or grant rights to acquire shares within the limits laid down in the Articles of Association of the Company | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
6B | Authorization of the Board of Management for a period of 18 months, per March 31, 2011, as the body which is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to restrict or exclude the preemption right accruing to shareholders | For | For | Board of Management | ||||
07 | Authorization of the Board of Management for a period of 18 months, per March 31, 2011, within the limits of the law and the Articles of Association, and with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to acquire shares in the Company pursuant to and subject to the limitations set forth in the agenda attached hereto | For | For | Board of Management |
Name of Security: Abengoa SA
Ticker: | ABG.MC | Cusip or Sedol Number: | E0002V179001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Ordinary General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/01/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/09/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Examination and approval, if any, of Annual Accounts and Management Report for year 2010, the Company and its Consolidated Group, as well as the management and the remuneration of the Board of Directors during that year social | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Examination and approval, if any, of the proposed appropriation of earnings for the year 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Ratification, appointment and reappointment, If any, of administrators | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Re-election or appointment, if any, of the auditor of the Company and its consolidated group for the year 2011 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Expansion of the social capital of the Company by increasing par value of shares of 0.25 to one euro per share, out of free reserves | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6A. | Modification of the Bylaws, in order to include, the changes resulting from the capital increase by increasing the nominal value of shares | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6B. | Modification of the Bylaws, in order to include, the creation of different classes of shares | For | Against | Board of Directors | ||||
6C. | Modification of the Bylaws, in order to include, amendments necessary to adapt the statutes to new classes of shares | For | Against | Board of Directors | ||||
6D. | Modification of the Bylaws, in order to include, Minor amendments to update statutory references to Consolidated Association of the Capital Company Act | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7. | Special Report director’s compensation policy for submission to the Annual General Meeting in an advisory capacity | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8. | Authorization to the Board of Directors to increase capital as stipulated in Article 297.1 b) within the limits of the Act | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
9. | Authorization to the Board of Directors for issuance of bonds or similar securities | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
10. | Authorization to the Board of Directors to acquire own shares directly or through group companies in accordance with the rules | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
11. | Delegation to the Board of Directors to interpret, correct, execution, formalization and registration of the resolutions adopted | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
12. | Adoption of the Act in any of the procedures laid down by law | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: EDP Renovaveis, SA
Ticker: | EDPR.LS | Cusip or Sedol Number: | E3847K101001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Ordinary General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/04/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/11/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. |
Review and approval of individual annual accounts of EDP Renovaveis SA, as well as those consolidated with its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2010 | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
2. |
Review and approval of the proposed application of results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 | For |
Against |
Board of Directors | ||||
3. |
Review and approval of the individual management report of EDP Renovaveis, the consolidated management report with its subsidiaries, and its Corporate Governance Report, for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2010 | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
4. |
Review and approval of the management conducted by the Board of Directors during the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2010 | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
5. |
Approval of the remuneration policy for the managers of the Company | For |
Abstain |
Board of Directors | ||||
6A. |
Reelect Mr. Antonio Luis Guerra Nunes Mexia as Director for the term of three years set in the Bylaws | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
6B. |
Reelect Mrs. Ana Machado Fernandes as Director for the term of three years set in the Bylaws | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
6C. |
Reelect Mr. Nuno Maria Pestana de Almeida Alves as Director for the term of three years set in the Bylaws | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
6D. |
Reelect Mr. Joao Manuel Manso Neto as Director for the term of three years set in the Bylaws | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
6E. |
Appoint Mr. Rui Manuel Rodrigues Lopes Teixeira as Director for the term of three years set in the Bylaws | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
7. |
Reelection of the Chairperson of the General Meeting for a second term of Office | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
8. |
Reelection, as auditors of EDP Renovaveis SA, of KPMG Auditores, for the year 2010 | For |
For |
Board of Directors | ||||
9. |
Delegation of powers to the formalization and implementation of all resolutions adopted at the General Shareholders Meeting | For |
For |
Board of Directors |
Name of Security: A.O. Smith Corporation
Ticker: | AOS | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 831865209 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 02/18/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/11/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Directors recommend a vote for election of the following nominees 1-Gloster B. Current, Jr. 02-Robert J. O’Toole, 03-Idelle K. Wolf, 04-Gene C. Wulf | For | For All Nominees | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the corporation | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Proposal to approve by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers | For | For | Personnel and Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Proposal to recommend by non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers | 1 YR | 1 YR | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Owens Corning
Ticker: | OC | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 690742101 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 02/16/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/14/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees Election | For | For All Nominees |
Board of Directors | ||||
2. | To ratifiy the selection of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2011 | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors |
3. | To approve the corporate incentive plan | For | Abstain | Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To consider an advisory vote on compensation of our named executive officers | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | To consider an advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on compensation of our named executive officers | 1 YR | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Schneider Electric SA
Ticker: | SU.PA | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 4834108 | |||
Meeting Type: | MIX | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/15/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/21/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Approval of corporate financial statements for the financial year 2010 | For | For | Management Board | ||||
2. | Approval of consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2010 | For | For | Management Board | ||||
3. | Allocation of income for the financial year and setting the dividend | For | For | Management Board | ||||
4. | Approval of the report on regulated Agreements and Undertakings concluded during the previous financial years | For | For | Management Board | ||||
5. | Executive Pension Plan waiver compensation for Executive Board members | For | Abstain | Supervisory Board | ||||
6. | Ratification of the co-optation and appointment of Mr. Anand Mahindra as Supervisory Board member | For | For | Supervisory Board | ||||
7. | Appointment of Ms. Betsy Atkins as Supervisory Board member | For | For | Supervisory Board | ||||
8. | Appointment of Mr. Jeong H. Kim as Supervisory Board member | For | For | Supervisory Board | ||||
9. | Appointment of Ms. Dominique Senequier as Supervisory Board member | For | For | Supervisory Board | ||||
10. | Setting the amount of attendance allowances allocated to Supervisory Board members | For | For | Management Board | ||||
11. | Authorization granted to the Company to purchase its own shares: maximum purchase price is 150 Euros | For | For | Supervisory Board | ||||
E12. | Amendment of the Statutes: the statutory age limit of Supervisory Board members is replaced by a limit of renewable two years |
for members’ term of office over 70 years old | For | Abstain | Supervisory Board | |||||
E13. | Amendment of the Statutes: option to appoint a third censor | For | Abstain | Supervisory Board | ||||
E14. | Amendment to the Statutes: dividing in half the nominal value of shares | For | Abstain | Management Board | ||||
E15. | Delegation of authority granted to the Executive Board to (i) increase the capital within the limit of 800 million Euros of nominal, by issuing ordinary shares or any securities giving access to the capital with preferential subscription rights of shareholders or (ii) issue securities entitling to the allotment of debt securities with preferential subscription rights | For | Abstain | Management Board | ||||
E16. | Delegation of authority granted to the Executive Board to increase the capital by incorporation of reserves, profits or premiums | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E17. | Delegation of authority granted to the Executive Board to (i) increase the capital within the limit of 217 million Euros of nominal, by issuing ordinary shares or any securities giving access to the capital of the Company or one of its subsidiaries with cancellation of preferential subscription rights or (ii) to issue securities entitling to the allotment of debt securities with cancellation of preferential subscription rights, both by way of a public offer | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E18. | Authorization granted to the Executive Board to increase the amount of an original issuance, with preferential subscription rights of shareholders | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E19. | Option to use the delegation to increase capital with cancellation of preferential subscription rights, in consideration for contributions of securities in the event of public exchange offer or in-kind contribution involving other companies’ securities | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E20. | Delegation of authority granted to the | |||||||
Executive Board to decide to increase the share capital, within the limit of 108 million Euros of nominal, by issuing ordinary shares or any securities giving access to the capital of the Company or one of its subsidiaries which issue price will be set by the Executive Board | For | For | Management Board | |||||
E21. | Authorization granted to the Executive Board to award corporate officers and employees of the Company or related companies, options to subscribe for or purchase shares | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E22. | Authorization granted to the Executive Board to carry out free allocations of shares (on the basis of shares existing or to be issued) | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E23. | Delegation of authority granted to the Executive Board to carry out capital increases reserved for |
employees participating the Company Savings Plan | For | For | Management Board | |||||
E24. | Capital increase reserved for a category of beneficiaries: in favor of employees of foreign group companies | For | For | Management Board | ||||
E25. | Authorization granted to the Executive Board to cancel, if appropriate, shares of the Company purchased under conditions decided by the General Meeting, up to a maximum of 10% of the capital | For | Abstain | Management Board | ||||
E26. | Powers for the formalities | For | For | Management Board |
Name of Security: Hyflux Ltd
Ticker: | 600.SI | Cusip or Sedol Number: | Y3817K105 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/11/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/27/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | To receive and adopt Director’s Report and the Audited Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2010 together with the Auditors’ Report thereon | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | To declare a final dividend of 3.5 Singapore cents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | To re-elect Mr. Rajsekar Kuppuswami Mitta who retires in accordance with Article 89 of the Company’s Articles of Association and who, being eligible, offers himself for re-election | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To re-elect Professor Tan Teck Meng who retires in accordance with Article 89 of the Company’s Articles of Association and who, being eligible, offers himself for re-election | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | To approve the payment of Directors’ fees of SGD 490,000 for the year ended 31 December 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | To re-appoint Messrs KPMG LLP as external auditors and to authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7. | That the Directors be authorized and empowered to issue shares in the Company, make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require shares to be issued, issue shares in pursuance of any Instrument made or granted by the Directors while this Resolution was in force | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
8. | That authority be and is hereby given to Directors to allot and issue preference shares, and or make or grant offers, agreements or options that might |
or would require preference shares | For | Against | Board of Directors | |||||
9. | That the Directors be authorized and empowered to offer and grant options under the Hyflux | |||||||
Employees’ Share Option Scheme and to issue from time to time such number of shares in the capital of the Company as may be required to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options grantedby the Company under the Scheme | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | |||||
10. | That the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorized to make purchases of issued and fully-paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company from time to time | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Hyflux Ltd
Ticker: | 600.SI | Cusip or Sedol Number: | Y3817K105 | |||
Meeting Type: | Extra Ordinary General Meeting | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/11/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/27/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | That: (a) the share incentive scheme to be known as Hyflux Employees’ Share Option Scheme 2011 be and is hereby approved (b) the Board of Directors of the Company be and is hereby authorized: (i) to establish and administer 2011 Scheme, (ii) to modify and/or amend 2011 Scheme from time to time, (iii) to offer and grant Options | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | That subject to and contingent upon the passing of Ordinary Resolution 1, the participation of Ms Olivia Lum Ooi Lin, a Controlling Shareholder, in the 2011 Scheme be and is hereby approved | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | That the grant of Options to Ms Olivia Lum Ooi Lin, a Controlling Shareholder and Director of the Company, in accordance with the provisions of the 2011 Scheme on the following terms: (i) proposed date of grant, (ii) number of Scheme shares, (iii) subscription price per Scheme share, (iv) option period | For | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Companhia de Saneamento Basico
Ticker: | SBS | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 20441A102 | |||
Meeting Type: | Special | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/08/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/28/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
A1. | Analyze the management’s accounts | |||||||
and financial statements supported by the fiscal council’s and external auditor’s reports related to the fiscal year of 2010 | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
A2. | Resolve on the allocation of net income for the 2010 fiscal year | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
A3. | Change the newspaper on which SABESP’s financial statements and corporate acts are published | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
A4. | Elect the members of the Board of Directors and the sitting and deputy members of the fiscal council, and fix the compensation | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
E1. | Amendment to the bylaws to alter Articles, all as more fully described in the proxy statement | For | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: South Jersey Industries, Inc.
Ticker: | SJI | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 838518108 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 02/28/11 | Meeting Date: | 04/28/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees Election | For | For All Nominees | Governance Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
2. | To approve the nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation | For | Abstain | Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
3. | To determine whether future advisory votes on executive compensation will occur every 1, 2 or 3 years | 1 Year | Abstain | Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To ratify appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2011 | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Itron, Inc.
Ticker: | ITRI | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 465741106 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual |
Rec. Date: | 02/25/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/03/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1A. | Election of Director: Jon E. Eliassen | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1B. | Election of Director: Charles H. Gaylord Jr. | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1C. | Election of Director: Gary E. Pruitt | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 | For | For | Audit/ Finance Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Proposal to approve the advisory (non-binding) resolution relating to executive compensation | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Proposal to determine (non-binding) frequency of future votes on executive compensation | 1 year | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Power-One, Inc.
Ticker: | PWER | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 73930R102 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/07/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/03/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees Election | For | For All | |||||
Nominees | Board of Directors | |||||||
2. | Advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation | 2 Years | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Amendment to the amended and restated Power-One, Inc. 2004 stock incentive plan | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Power-One’s independent auditors for the Company for fiscal 2011 | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: SunPower Corporation
Ticker: |
SPWRA | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 867652109 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual |
Rec. Date: | 03/09/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/03/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: |
How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees Election | For | For All Nominees |
Board of Directors | ||||
2. | The proposal to approve, in an advisory vote, our named executive officer compensation | For | Abstain | Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
3. | The proposal to approve, in an advisory vote, whether a stockholder advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation should be held every (A) year, (B) two years, or (C) three years | 3 Years | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Hafslund ASA, OSLO
Ticker: | HNA.OL | Cusip or Sedol Number: | R28315126001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/13/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/04/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Opening of meeting and election | |||||||
of meeting chairman | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
2. | Establishment of list of | |||||||
attending shareholders | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
3. | Approval of notice of meeting and agenda | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Election of two shareholders to sign the | |||||||
minutes together with the meeting chairman | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
5. | Review of 2010 financial statements | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6A. | Resolution on the 2010 annual financial | |||||||
statements: Adoption of annual financial | ||||||||
statements and Board of Directors’ Report | ||||||||
for Hafslund ASA and Hafslund Group | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
6B. | Resolution on the 2010 annual financial | |||||||
statements: Approval of allocation of result | ||||||||
for the year for Hafslund ASA, including the | ||||||||
distribution of dividends for Hafslund ASA | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
7. | Grant of power of attorney to the board | |||||||
for acquisition of company’s own shares | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
8. | The board’s statement on | |||||||
establishment of salaries and other |
remuneration for executive employees | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
9. | Election of board members | For | For | Nomination Committee | ||||
10. | Establishment of remuneration of board members and deputy members | For | For | Nomination Committee | ||||
11. | Election of members to nomination committee, and chairman of the nomination committee | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
12. | Establishment of remuneration of members of nomination committee. The board proposes re-election of Kjell O. Viland | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
13. | Approval of auditor’s remuneration | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Ormat Technologies, Inc.
Ticker: | ORA | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 686688102 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/16/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/04/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees: | |||||||
Yoram Bronicki, | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
Roger W. Gale | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
2. | To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers | For | For | Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
3. | To recommend, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the stockholder vote on executive compensation | 3 Years | Abstain | Compensation Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To ratify selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors of the company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors |
Name of Security: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Ticker: | AWK | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 030420103 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/14/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/06/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1A. | Election of Director: Stephen P. Adik | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1B. | Election of Director: Martha Clark Goss | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1C. | Election of Director: Julie A. Dobson | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1D. | Election of Director: Richard R. Grigg | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1E. Election of Director: Julia L. Johnson | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
1F. Election of Director: George Mackenzie | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
1G. | Election of Director: William J. Marrazzo | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
1H. | Election of Director: Jeffry E. Sterba | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Advisory vote on executive compensation | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Advisory vote on frequency of executive compensation votes | 1 Year | Abstain | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc.
Ticker: | WFI.TO | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 9415EQ108 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/01/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/10/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Election of Thomas F. Huntington, James R. Shields, Timothy E. Shields, Thomas C. Dawson, J. David Day, Charles R. Diltz and Geoffrey W.J. Pottow | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and to authorize the Directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Aqua America, Inc.
Ticker: | WTR | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 03836W103 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/14/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/12/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Director nominees: | |||||||
Mary C. Carroll | For | For | Corporate Governance Committee | |||||
Ellen T. Ruff | For | For | Corporate Governance Committee | |||||
Mario Mele | For | For | Corporate Governance Committee | |||||
2. | To ratify appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2011 fiscal year | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors | ||||
3. | To recommend, by non-binding vote, approval of Company’s executive compensation programs | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes | 3 Years | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Shareholder proposal to declassify the | |||||||
Board for the purpose of Director | ||||||||
elections | Against | Abstain | Shareholder |
Name of Security: Elecnor SA, Madrid
Ticker: | ENO.MC | Cusip or Sedol Number: | E39152181001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Ordinary General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 05/10/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/17/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Examination and approval of annual financial statement and management report, such as their consolidated group, and the management of the board members | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Application of the results | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Amendment of the art 13 of the social bylaw | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Appointment of Mr. Rafael Martin De Bustamante Vega as board member | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Authorization to the board members for purchasing treasury share | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | Appointment and re-election of the auditors | For | For | Board of Directors |
7. | Delegation of powers | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8. | Any other business | Abstain | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
9. | Approval of the minute | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen
Ticker: | S2M.DE | Cusip or Sedol Number: | D7T496109001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/11/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/18/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Presentation of the financial statements and annual report for 2009/2010 financial year | None | None | Supevisory Board | ||||
2. | Resolution on the appropriation of the distributable profit of EUR 6,555,074.78 | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
3. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs. The ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs shall be postponed | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
4. | Ratification of the acts of the Supervisory Board The ratification of the acts of the Supervisory Board shall be postponed | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
5. | Resolution on the remuneration for the Supervisory Board for the 2009/2010 financial year | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
6. | Appointment of auditors for the 2010/2011 financial year: Deloitte + Touche GmbH, Nuremberg | For | For | Supervisory Board |
Name of Security: SolarWorld, AG
Ticker: | SWV.F | Cusip or Sedol Number: | D7045Y103001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 05/02/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/24/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. |
Presentation of the financial statements and annual report for 2010 financial year | None | None | Management & Supevisory Board | ||||
2. |
Resolution on the appropriation of the distributable profit of EUR 130,183,958.19 | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
3. |
Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
4. |
Ratification of the acts of the Supervisory Board | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
5. |
Resolution on the remuneration for the Supervisory Board | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
6. |
Appointment of auditors for the 2011 financial year: BDO AG, Bonn | For | For | Supervisory Board | ||||
7. |
Approval of adjustment to the profit transfer agreement with the company’s wholly owned subsidiaries | For | For | Board & Supervisory Board | ||||
8. |
Approval of profit transfer agreement with company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SolarWorld Solicium GmbH | For | For | Board & Supervisory Board |
Name of Security: ITC Holdings Corp.
Ticker: | ITC | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 465685105 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/12/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/26/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees: | |||||||
Edward G. Jepsen | For | For | Governance Committee | |||||
Richard D. McLellan | For | For | Governance Committee | |||||
William J. Museler | For | For | Governance Committee | |||||
Hazel R. O’Leary | For | For | Governance Committee | |||||
G. Bennett Stewart III | For | For | Governance Committee | |||||
Lee C. Stewart | For | For | Governance Committee |
Joseph L. Welch | For | For | Governance Committee | |||||
2. | To approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation | For | Abstain | Compensation Committee | ||||
3. | To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes | 3 years | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Approval of an amendment and restatement to our amended and restated 2006 long term incentive plan to provide for an extension of term of plan for an additional four years and ratifying the performance measures available | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Approval of an amendment to our employee stock purchase plan to provide for an extension of term of plan for an additional four years | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accountants for 2011 | For | For | Audit and Finance Committee & Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Northwest Natural Gas Company
Ticker: | NWN | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 667655104 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 04/06/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/26/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees: | |||||||
M. L. “Stormy” Byorum | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
John D. Carter | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
C. Scott Gibson | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
Gregg S. Kantor | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
2. | Reapproval and amendment of long term incentive plan to reserve an additional 100,000 shares of common stock for the plan | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Approval of the compensation of named executive officers, as an advisory vote | For | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | Frequency of future votes on executive compensation, as an advisory vote | 3 Years | Abstain | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as NW Natural’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2011 | For | For | Audit Committee & Board of Directors |
Name of Security: SMA Solar Technology, AG
Ticker: | S92.DE | Cusip or Sedol Number: | D7008K108001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 05/04/11 | Meeting Date: | 05/26/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | Presentation of the financial statements and annual report for 2010 financial year | None | None | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
2. | Resolution on the appropriation of the distributable profit of EUR 540,156,574.15 | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
3a. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Guenther Cramer | For | For | Management & Supervisory Board | ||||
3b. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Peter Drews | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
3c. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Roland Grebe | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
3d. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Pierre-Pascal Urbon | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
3e. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Marko Werner | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
3f. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Juergen Dolle | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
3g. | Ratification of the acts of the Board of MDs: Uwe Hertel | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
4 | Ratification of the acts of the Supervisory Board | For | For | Executive & Supervisory Board | ||||
5. | Appointment of auditors for the 2011 financial year: Deloitte and |
Touche GmbH, Hanover | For | For | Audit Committee | |||||
& Supervisory | ||||||||
Board | ||||||||
6a. | Elections to the Supervisory Board: Guenther Cramer | For | For | Board | ||||
6b. | Elections to the Supervisory Board: Peter Drews | For | For | Board |
Name of Security: Acciona SA
Ticker: | ANA.MC | Cusip or Sedol Number: | E0008Z109001 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 06/01/11 | Meeting Date: | 06/08/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Review and approval of annual individual accounts of Acciona, S.A. and consolidated accounts of the group for which it is parent company, all corresponding to 2010 fiscal year | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. | Review of individual management report of Acciona, S.A. and consolidated management report of the group for which it is parent company, all corresponding to 2010 fiscal year and approval of corporate management | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
3. | Allocation of profits from the 2010 fiscal year | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. | To re-elect Deloitte, S.L .as auditor of Acciona, S.A. for review of annual accounts for 2011 fiscal year | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.1 | To re-elect Ms. Belen Villalonga Morenes as independent director, for statutory term | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5.2 | To designate Ms. Sol Daurella Comadran as an independent director, for statutory term | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6.1 | Approval of the awarding of shares and stock option rights to top management | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6.2 | Extension of term of validity of shares and stock option plan through 2012 fiscal year and fixing the number of available shares | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7.1 | Information on significant modifications to the assets or liabilities of the companies participating in the merger | None | None | Board of Directors | ||||
7.2 | Approval of Acciona, S.A.’s 2010 annual balance sheet as the merger balance sheet | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7.3 | Approval of merger through absorption of companies Grupo Entrecanales, S.A., Servicios Urbanos Integrales, S.A., Tivafen, S.A., Osmosis International, S.A., Unipersonal Company by Acciona, S.A. | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7.4 | Submission of merger to fiscal regime established in chapter viii of section vii | For | For | Board of Directors |
8.1 | Amendment of Article 1 of company bylaws | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8.2 | Amendment of Articles 7, 8 and 9 of company bylaws | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8.3 | Amendment of Articles 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 27 and 28 of company bylaws | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8.4 | Amendment of Articles 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40 and 42 of company bylaws | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8.5 | Amendment of Articles 45, 46 and 47 of company bylaws | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8.6 | Amendment of Articles 49 and 51 of company bylaws | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
9. | To approve modification of the Preamble and Articles 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 18, 19, 29 and new Article 31 | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
10. | To approve the report on compensatory policy of Board of Directors corresponding to 2010 fiscal year | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
11. | Report of amendments of board directors | None | None | Board of Directors | ||||
12. | Delegation of powers to board of directors for development, interpretation, adjustment and execution of resolutions of general shareholders meeting | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
Ticker: | AQN.TO | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 015857105 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual & Special | |||||
Rec. Date: | 05/16/11 | Meeting Date: | 06/21/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. |
The re-appointment of KPMG LLP, chartered accountants, as auditors of the Corporation and authorizing Directors of Corporation to fix remuneration of auditors | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2. |
Director Nominees: | |||||||
Christopher Ball | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
Christopher Huskilson | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
Christopher Jarratt | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
Kenneth Moore | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
Ian Robertson | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
George Steeves | For | For | Board of Directors | |||||
3. |
A special resolution providing that the Corporation’s articles be amended to change the name of the Corporation to such name as may be determined by the Board from time to time | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4. |
A resolution to approve strategic investment agreement with Emera Inc. | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. |
A resolution to approve transactions proposed with Emera | For | For | Board of Directors |
6. | A resolution to approve the waiver of Corporation’s shareholder rights plan to acquisitions of shares by Emera under transactions completed in accordance with the strategic investment agreement | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
7. | A resolution to approve amendments to the Corporation’s stock option plan. | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
8. | A resolution to approve the Corporation’s employee share purchase plan | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
9. | A resolution to approve the Corporation’s Directors’ deferred share unit plan | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: EDP Renovaveis SA
Ticker: | EDPR.LS | Cusip or Sedol Number: | E3847K101001 | |||
Meeting Type: | ExtraOrdinary General | |||||
Rec. Date: | 06/14/11 | Meeting Date: | 06/21/11 |
Agenda Item Description
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | How Voted: |
Initiated By: | |||||
1. | To increase the number of members of Board of Directors in one member, so that the Board of Directors will have seventeen members | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
2A. | Re-elect Mr. Joao Manuel de Mello Franco as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2B. | Re-elect Mr. Jorge Manuel Azevedo Henriques dos Santos as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2C. | Re-elect Mr. Jose Fernando Maia de Araujo e Silva as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2D. | Re-elect Mr. Rafael Caldeira de Castel- Branco Valverde as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2E. | Re-elect Mr. Joao Jose Belard da Fonseca Lopes Raimundo as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee |
2F. | Re-elect Mr. Antonio do Pranto Nogueira Leite as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2G. | Re-elect Mr. Francisco Jose Queiroz de Barros de Lacerda as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2H. | Re-elect Mr. Manuel Menendez Menendez as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2I. | Appoint Mr. Joao Paulo Nogueira da Sousa Costeira as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2J. | Appoint Mr. Gabriel Alonso Imaz as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
2K. | Appoint Mr. Luis de Abreu Castello-Branco Adao da Fonseca as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
3A. | Re-elect Mr. Antonio Luis Guerra Nunes Mexia as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
3B. | Re-elect Mrs. Ana M Machado Fernandes as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
3C. | Re-elect Mr. Joao Manuel Manso Neto as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee |
3D. | Re-elect Mr. Nuno Maria Pestana de Almeida Alves as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
3E. | Re-elect Mr. Rui Manuel Rodrigues Lopes Teixeira as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
3F. | Re-elect Mr. Gilles August as Director for the term of three years as set in the Bylaws | For | For | Nominations and Remunerations Committee | ||||
4A. | Amendment of Article 12.4 of the Bylaws to adapt the formalities of the General Shareholders’ Meeting summon to the requirement of the Companies Act | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4B. | Amendment of Article 12.6 of the Bylaws to allow the General Shareholders’ Meeting being held in any city of Spain according the faculty included in the Companies Act | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4C. | Amendment of Article 26 of the Bylaws to add a new paragraph, 26.4, and the enumeration of the other paragraphs of this article | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
4D. | Amendment of Article 27.3 of the Bylaws to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
5. | To establish a maximum limit to Directors remuneration | For | For | Board of Directors | ||||
6. | Delegation of powers to formalization and implementation of all resolutions adopted at the General Shareholders’ Meeting | For | For | Board of Directors |
Name of Security: Panasonic Corporation
Ticker: | PC | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 69832A205 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/30/11 | Meeting Date: | 06/24/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: |
Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
1. | Director Nominees: | |||||||
Kunio Nakamura | For | For | Issuer |
Masayuki Matsushita | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Fumio Ohtsubo | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Toshihiro Sakamoto | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Takahiro Mori | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Yasuo Katsura | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Ken Morita | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Ikusaburo Kashima | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Yoshihiko Yamada | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Kazunori Takami | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Makoto Uenoyama | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Masatoshi Harada | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Takashi Toyama | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Ikuo Uno | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Masayuki Oku | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Masaharu Matsushita | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Kazuhiro Tsuga | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Yoshiku Miyata | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Yoshiyuki Miyabe | For | For | Issuer | |||||
Yoshiaki Nakagawa | For | For | Issuer | |||||
2A | Election of Corporate Auditor: | |||||||
Yasuo Yoshino | For | For | Issuer | |||||
2B | Election of Corporate Auditor: | |||||||
Yoshihiro Furuta | For | For | Issuer |
Name of Security: Kyocera Corporation
Ticker: | KYO | Cusip or Sedol Number: | 501556203 | |||
Meeting Type: | Annual | |||||
Rec. Date: | 03/31/11 | Meeting Date: | 06/28/11 |
Agenda Item Description
How | Initiated | |||||||
Proxy Item Proposals: | Mgt Rec.: | Voted: | By: | |||||
01 | Approval of disposition of surplus | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2A | Election of Makoto Kawamura as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2B | Election of Tetsuo Kuba as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2C | Election of Tatsumi Maeda as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2D | Election of Hisao Hisaki as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2E | Election of Yasuyuki Yamamoto as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2F | Election of Goro Yamaguchi as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2G | Election of Shoichi Aoki as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2H | Election of Katsumi Komaguchi as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2I | Election of Tsutomu Yamori as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2J | Election of Yoshihito Ohta as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2K | Election of Rodney N. Lanthorne as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
2L | Election of John S. Gilbertson as a Director | For | For | Issuer | ||||
03 | Election of Yoshihiro Kano as a | |||||||
Corporate Auditor | For | For | Issuer |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant | New Alternatives Fund, Inc. | |
By (Signature and Title)* | /S/ David J. Schoenwald | |
David J. Schoenwald, President and Treasurer | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Date | July 26, 2011 |
* | Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. |