-----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, P+5vmRhGs2QtLDsA3gscxzSmsAuDbD/xafnhU+ncV9mKuEwk//aYJt/e8RomXSMC UG634dVHafonSQDkFP0gBg== 0000900092-04-000226.txt : 20040813 0000900092-04-000226.hdr.sgml : 20040813 20040813090711 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000900092-04-000226 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040813 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20040813 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000709140 IRS NUMBER: 133143879 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-03595 FILM NUMBER: 04971918 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 9011 CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08543 BUSINESS PHONE: 6092823319 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCI TECH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830216 N-PX 1 healthcare.txt HEALTHCARE FUND 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 811-03595 Name of Fund: Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. Fund Address: P.O. Box 9011 Princeton, NJ 08543-9011 Name and address of agent for service: Terry K. Glenn, President Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 282-2800 Date of fiscal year end: 4/30/2005 Date of reporting period: 07/01/03 - 06/30/04 Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record The information contained herein discloses the following information for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which the registrant was entitled to vote: (a) The name of the issuer of the portfolio security; (b) The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security; (c) The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ("CUSIP") number for the portfolio security; (d) The shareholder meeting date; (e) A brief identification of the matter voted on; (f) Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder; (g) Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter; (h) How the registrant cast its vote; and (i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management. ******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT ******************************* ICA File Number: 811-03595 Reporting Period: 07/01/2003 - 06/30/2004 Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. ===================== MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND, INC. ====================== ABGENIX, INC. Ticker: ABGX Security ID: 00339B107 Meeting Date: JUN 7, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 12, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director R. Scott Greer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director M. Kathleen Behrens, For For Management Ph.D. 1.3 Elect Director Raju S. Kucherlapati, For For Management Ph.D. 1.4 Elect Director Kenneth B. Lee, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Mark B. Logan For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas G. Wiggans For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Raymond M. Withy, Ph.D. For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMGEN, INC. Ticker: AMGN Security ID: 031162100 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jerry D. Choate For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Frank C. Herringer For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Gilbert S. Omenn For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Prepare Glass Ceiling Report Against Against Shareholder 4 Expense Stock Options Against For Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHEM INC. Ticker: ATH Security ID: 03674B104 Meeting Date: JUN 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: MAY 10, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Issue Shares in Connection with an For For Management Acquisition 2 Change Company Name For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHEM INC. Ticker: ATH Security ID: 03674B104 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Victor S. Liss For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James W. McDowell, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George A. Schaefer, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jackie M. Ward For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARK THERAPEUTICS GROUP PLC, LONDON Ticker: Security ID: GB0034251727 Meeting Date: JUL 5, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Re-elect Dennis Turner as Director For For Management 3 Re-elect Nigel Parker as Director For For Management 4 Elect David Prince as Director For For Management 5 Elect Wolfgang Plischke as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Mark Richmond as Director For For Management 7 Re-appoint Deloitte and Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors 8 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 378,993 9 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For Against Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 63,135 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARR PHARMACEUTICALS INC Ticker: BRL Security ID: 068306109 Meeting Date: OCT 23, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 2, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Bruce L. Downey For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Paul M. Bisaro For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Carole S. Ben-Maimon For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director George P. Stephan For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jack M. Kay For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Harold N. Chefitz For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Richard R. Frankovic For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Peter R. Seaver For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James S. Gilmore, III For For Management 2 Change State of Incorporation from New For For Management York to Delaware 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Ticker: BSX Security ID: 101137107 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ursula M. Burns For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Marye Anne Fox For For Management 1.3 Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John E. Pepper For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Ticker: BSX Security ID: 101137107 Meeting Date: OCT 6, 2003 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: AUG 27, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CADILA HEALTHCARE LTD Ticker: Security ID: INE010B01019 Meeting Date: JUL 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Dividends of INR 6 Per Share For For Management 3 Reappoint M.A. Patel as Director For For Management 4 Reappoint S.P. Patel as Director For For Management 5 Approve R.R. Patel as Auditors and For For Management Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CELL GENESYS, INC. Ticker: CEGE Security ID: 150921104 Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David W. Carter For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Nancy M. Crowell For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James M. Gower For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John T. Potts, Jr., M.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk, Ph.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Eugene L. Step For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Inder M. Verma, Ph.D. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Dennis L. Winger For For Management 2 Approve Stock Option Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Other Business For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. Ticker: CTIC Security ID: 150934107 Meeting Date: OCT 23, 2003 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: SEP 12, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEPHALON, INC. Ticker: CEPH Security ID: 156708109 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William P. Egan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Feeney, Ph.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Martyn D. Greenacre For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Charles A. Sanders, M.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Dennis L. Winger For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Horst Witzel, Dr.-Ing. For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERNER CORP. Ticker: CERN Security ID: 156782104 Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 2, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., For For Management Ph.D. 1.2 Elect Director Michael E. Herman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Nancy-Ann DeParle For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Ticker: CRL Security ID: 159864107 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James C. Foster For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert Cawthorn For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stephen D. Chubb For For Management 1.4 Elect Director George E. Massaro For For Management 1.5 Elect Director George M. Milne For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Douglas E. Rogers For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Samuel O. Thier For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William H. Waltrip For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIPLA LIMITED Ticker: Security ID: INE059A01018 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Issuance of 1,700 Shares for For For Management Private Placement 2 Approve 5-for-1 Stock Split For For Management 3 Amend Memorandum of Association Re: For For Management 5-for-1 Stock Split 4 Amend Articles of Association Re: 5-for-1 For For Management Stock Split - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIPLA LIMITED Ticker: Security ID: INE059A01018 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Court Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Scheme of Arrangement with For For Management Oncocare India Private Ltd., Medule Pharma Private Ltd., Medex Specialities Private Ltd., Lancet Pharma Private Ltd., Inhaled Technologies Private Ltd. and Nebumed Pharma Private Ltd. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: CYH Security ID: 203668108 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director W. Larry Cash For For Management 1.2 Elect Director J. Anthony Forstmann For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Harvey Klein, M.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director H. Mitchell Watson, Jr. For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCEPTUS, INC. Ticker: CPTS Security ID: 206016107 Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mark M. Sieczkarek For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas F. Bonadio For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 5 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYTYC CORPORATION Ticker: CYTC Security ID: 232946103 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Walter E. Boomer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Daniel J. Levangie For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph B. Martin, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOV PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. Ticker: DOVP Security ID: 259858108 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Dr. Bernard Beer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dr. Zola Horovitz For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ms. Theresa Bischoff For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES S.A. Ticker: FLML Security ID: 338488109 Meeting Date: JUN 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 14, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, AFTER HAVING For Did Not Management TAKEN COGNIZANCE OF THE FINANCIAL Vote STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED ON 2003 2 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING DECIDES TO For Did Not Management ALLOCATE THE PROFITS FOR THE FINANCIAL Vote YEAR ENDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2003 3 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, ACKNOWLEDGING For Did Not Management THAT THE TERM OF THE DIRECTOR S OFFICE OF Vote GERARD SOULA EXPIRES AT THIS MEETING 4 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, ACKNOWLEDGING For Did Not Management THAT THE TERM OF THE DIRECTOR S OFFICE OF Vote STEVE WILLARD EXPIRES AT THIS MEETING 5 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, ACKNOWLEDGING For Did Not Management THAT THE TERM OF THE DIRECTOR S OFFICE OF Vote RAUL CESAN EXPIRES AT THIS MEETING 6 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, ACKNOWLEDGING For Did Not Management THAT THE TERM OF THE DIRECTOR S OFFICE OF Vote WILLIAM DEARSTYNE EXPIRES AT THIS MEETING 7 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, ACKNOWLEDGING For Did Not Management THAT THE TERM OF THE DIRECTOR S OFFICE OF Vote MICHEL GRECO EXPIRES AT THIS MEETING 8 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING, ACKNOWLEDGING For Did Not Management THAT THE TERM OF THE DIRECTOR S OFFICE OF Vote JEAN NOEL TREILLES EXPIRES AT THIS MEETING 9 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 223 QUATER OF For Did Not Management THE GENERAL TAX CODE WERE INCURRED DURING Vote THE FINANCIAL YEAR 10 THE STATUTORY AUDITOR S SPECIAL REPORT For Did Not Management REGARDING THE AGREEMENTS REFERRED TO IN Vote SECTIONS L. 225-38 11 THE STATUTORY AUDITOR S SPECIAL REPORT For Did Not Management REGARDING THE AGREEMENTS REFERRED TO IN Vote SECTIONS L. 225-38 12 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT AND OF THE For Did Not Management STATUTORY AUDITOR S SPECIAL REPORT THE Vote GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING 13 THE PRECEDING RESOLUTION AND HAVING THE For Did Not Management BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT AND OF THE Vote STATUTORY AUDITOR S SPECIAL REPORT 14 THE ADOPTION OF THE TWO PRECEDING For Did Not Management RESOLUTIONS Vote 15 THE SHAREHOLDERS MEETING GRANTS A POWER For Did Not Management OF ATTORNEY Vote - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTA INCORPORATED Ticker: GNTA Security ID: 37245M207 Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 30, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Raymond P. Warrell, Jr., For For Management M.D. 1.2 Elect Director Jerome E. Groopman, M.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Peter T. Tattle For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Harlan J. Wakoff For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Douglas G. Watson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael S. Weiss For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. Ticker: GILD Security ID: 375558103 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paul Berg For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James M. Denny For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John C. Martin For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Gordon E. Moore For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore For For Management 1.7 Elect Director George P. Shultz For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HCA, INC. Ticker: HCA Security ID: 404119109 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Magdalena H. Averhoff, For For Management M.D. 1.3 Elect Director Jack O. Bovender, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard M. Bracken For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Martin Feldstein For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas F. Frist, Jr., For For Management M.D. 1.7 Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Glenda A. Hatchett For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Charles O. Holliday, Jr. For For Management 1.10 Elect Director T. Michael Long For For Management 1.11 Elect Director John H. McArthur For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Kent C. Nelson For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Frank S. Royal, M.D. For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Harold T. Shapiro For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Management Stock Purchase Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HENRY SCHEIN, INC. Ticker: HSIC Security ID: 806407102 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stanley M. Bergman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Gerald A. Benjamin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James P. Breslawski For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Mark E. Mlotek For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Steven Paladino For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Barry J. Alperin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Pamela Joseph For Withhold Management 1.8 Elect Director Donald J. Kabat For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Marvin H. Schein For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Irving Shafran For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Philip A. Laskawy For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Norman S. Matthews For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Louis W. Sullivan For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Margaret A. Hamburg For For Management 2 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management 3 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock For For Management Plan 4 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICOS CORP. Ticker: ICOS Security ID: 449295104 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paul N. Clark For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Vaughn D. Bryson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William H. Gates III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert W. Pangia For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Review/Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMCLONE SYSTEMS INC. Ticker: IMCL Security ID: 45245W109 Meeting Date: JUN 17, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 20, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Andrew G. Bodnar For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William W. Crouse For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Vincent T. Devita, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John A. Fazio For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Joseph L. Fischer For For Management 1.6 Elect Director David M. Kies For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Daniel S. Lynch For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William R. Miller For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David Sidransky For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-V PHARMACEUTICAL CO. Ticker: KV.B Security ID: 482740206 Meeting Date: AUG 28, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 1, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Victor M. Hermelin For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Alan G. Johnson For Withhold Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC. Ticker: KOSN Security ID: 50064W107 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Chaitan S. Khosla, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles J. Homcy, M.D. For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL CO. Ticker: LJPC Security ID: 503459109 Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 2, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stephen M. Martin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William R. Ringo For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Fildes For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEXICON GENETICS, INC. Ticker: LEXG Security ID: 528872104 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 30, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Alan S. Nies, M.D. For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDAREX, INC. Ticker: MEDX Security ID: 583916101 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mr. Irwin Lerner For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dr. Julius A. Vida For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDICINES COMPANY (THE) Ticker: MDCO Security ID: 584688105 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 16, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William W. Crouse For For Management 1.2 Elect Director T. Scott Johnson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David M. Stack For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NABI BIOPHARMACEUTICALS Ticker: NABI Security ID: 629519109 Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 30, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David L. Castaldi For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Geoffrey F. Cox, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George W. Ebright For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard A. Harvey, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Linda Jenckes For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas H. McLain For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Stephen G. Sudovar For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Approve Non-Employee Director Stock For For Management Option Plan - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. Ticker: NBIX Security ID: 64125C109 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard F. Pops For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVARTIS AG Ticker: NVS Security ID: CH0012005267 Meeting Date: FEB 24, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 4, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of the Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 1.00 per Share Vote 4 Approve Transfer of CHF 360.9 Million For Did Not Management from General Reserves to Free Reserves Vote 5 Approve CHF 12.1 Million Reduction in For Did Not Management Share Capital via Share Cancellation Vote 6 Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 7 Amend Articles Re: Reduce Board Terms For Did Not Management from Four to Three Years Vote 8.1 Approve Resignation of Walter Frehner and For Did Not Management Heini Lippuner Vote 8.2 Elect Helmut Sihler, Hans-Joerg Rudloff For Did Not Management and Daniel Vasella as Directors Vote 9 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For Did Not Management Auditors Vote - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QLT INC. Ticker: QLT Security ID: 746927102 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 13, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors For For Management and Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors 2 Fix Number of Directors at Eight For For Management 3.1 Elect E. Duff Scott as a Director For For Management 3.2 Elect Paul J. Hastings as a Director For For Management 3.3 Elect Julia G. Levy as a Director For For Management 3.4 Elect C. Boyd Clarke as a Director For For Management 3.5 Elect Peter A. Crossgrove as a Director For For Management 3.6 Elect Ronald D. Henriksen as a Director For For Management 3.7 Elect Alan C. Mendelson as a Director For For Management 3.8 Elect L. Jack Wood as a Director For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RANBAXY LABORATORIES Ticker: Security ID: INE015A01010 Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Dividends of INR 17 Per Share For For Management 3 Reappoint T. Khanna as Director For For Management 4 Reappoint V.B. Ram as Director For For Management 5 Reappoint V. Mehra as Director For For Management 6 Approve Walker, Chandiok & Co as Auditors For For Management and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration 7 Appoint V.K. Kaul as Director For For Management 8 Appoint G. Das as Director For For Management 9 Appoint M.M. Singh as Director For For Management 10 Approve Appointment and Remuneration of For For Management M.M. Singh, Executive Director 11 Approve Appointment and Remuneration of For For Management B.W. Tempest, Executive Director 12 Approve Commission Remuneration of For For Management Non-executive Directors - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-SYNTHELABO (FORMERLY SANOFI) Ticker: Security ID: FR0000120578 Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.53 per Share Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 6 Authorize Issuance of Bonds/Debentures in For Did Not Management the Aggregate Value of EUR 7 Billion Vote 7 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 750 Million; Set Global Limit for Capital Increase to Result from Issuance Requests in Items 7-10 at EUR 1.25 Billion 8 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 750 Million 9 Allow Board to Issue Shares in the Event For Did Not Management of a Public Tender Offer or Share Vote Exchange Offer 10 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 500 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 11 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 12 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 13 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 14 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to EUR For Did Not Management 1.429 Billion for Aventis Exchange Offer Vote 15 Change Company Name to Sanofi-Aventis For Did Not Management Vote 16 Amend Articles of Association to Reduce For Did Not Management Term of Board Members from Five to Four Vote Years 17 Amend Articles to Reflect 2003 Legal For Did Not Management Changes Re: Powers of the Chairman Vote 18 Reelect Jean-Francois Dehecq as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 19 Reelect Rene Barbier de la Serre as For Did Not Management Director (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 20 Reelect Robert Castaigne as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 21 Reelect Thierry Desmarest as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 22 Reelect Lindsay Owen-Jones as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 23 Reelect Bruno Weymuller as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 24 Confirm Appointment of Lord Douro as For Did Not Management Director (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 25 Confirm Appointment of Gerard Van Kemmel For Did Not Management as Director (Representing Vote Sanofi-Synthelabo) 26 Elect Christian Mulliez as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Sanofi-Synthelabo) Vote 27 Elect Jean-Marc Bruel as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 28 Elect Jurgen Dormann as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 29 Elect Jean-Rene Fourtou as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 30 Elect Serge Kampf as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 31 Elect Igor Landau as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 32 Elect Hubert Markl as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 33 Elect Klaus Pohle as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 34 Elect Hermann Scholl as Director For Did Not Management (Representing Aventis) Vote 35 Confirm End of Term of Permanent For Did Not Management Representative of Elf Aquitaine, L'Oreal, Vote Pierre Castres Saint-Martin, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Herve Guerin as Directors 36 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of Up to EUR 1 Million Vote 37 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYEPHARMA PLC Ticker: Security ID: GB0008123571 Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2.1 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 2.2 Approve the Renumeration Committee's For For Management Policy for Executive Renumeration for 2004 2.3 Approve the SkyePharma PLC Deferred Share For For Management Bonus Plan 2.4 Approve the Operation of the Long-Term For For Management Incentive Element of the SkyePharma PLC Deferred Share Bonus Plan 3 Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors 4.1 Re-elect Ian Gowrie-Smith as Director For For Management 4.2 Re-elect Donald Nicholson as Director For For Management 4.3 Re-elect David Ebsworth as Director For For Management 4.4 Re-elect Sir Michael Beavis as Director For For Management 4.5 Re-elect Keith Mansford as Director For For Management 5 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 20,622,331 6 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights Pursuant to the Terms of Any Share Schemes and Otherwise up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 3,093,349 7 Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary For For Management Shares up to GBP 6,186,699 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC Ticker: SNN Security ID: GB0009223206 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Final Dividend of 3.1 Pence Per For For Management Share 3 Re-elect Warren Knowlton as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Christopher O'Donnell as For For Management Director 5 Re-elect Richard De Schutter as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Rolf Stomberg as Director For For Management 7 Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors 8 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 33,321,078 9 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 10 Approve the Smith and Nephew 2004 For For Management Performance Share Plan 11 Approve the Smith and Nephew 2004 For For Management Executive Share Option Plan 12 Approve the Smith and Nephew 2004 For For Management Co-investment Plan 13 Authorise the Directors to Establish For For Management Overseas Share Schemes 14 Authorise the Directors to Establish the For For Management New Discretionary Trust 15 Amend the Smith and Nephew 2001 UK For For Management Approved Share Option Plan 16 Amend the Smith and Nephew 2001 UK For For Management Unapproved Share Option Plan 17 Approve Reclassification of the One For For Management Issued 'B' Ordinary Share of 12 2/9 Pence as an Ordinary Share Having the Same Rights and Subject to the Same Restrictions as Existing Ordinary Shares 18 Authorise 93,486,408 Shares for Market For For Management Purchase 19 Adopt New Articles of Association For For Management 20 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 5,713,057 21 Approve Increase in Remuneration of For For Management Non-Executive Directors to GBP 900,000 Per Year - 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JUDE MEDICAL, INC. Ticker: STJ Security ID: 790849103 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael A. Rocca For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David A. Thompson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stefan K. Widensohler For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 5 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUS. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: INE044A01028 Meeting Date: JUL 31, 2004 Meeting Type: Extraordinary Shareholders Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement with Phlox For Against Management Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 2 Issue Shares in Connection with Merger For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUS. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: INE044A01028 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Issuance of Equity or For Against Management Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights 2 Approve Increase in Borrowing Powers For Against Management 3 Approve Investment in Another Company For For Management 4 Approve Merger Agreement with Hindustan For For Management Antibiotics Ltd. 5 Issue Shares in Connection with Merger For For Management 6 Appoint A. Dani as Director For For Management 7 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves for For For Management Bonus Issue - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES Ticker: TEVA Security ID: 881624209 Meeting Date: OCT 27, 2003 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: SEP 18, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect G. Shalev as an External Director For For Management 2 Approve Increase in Remuneration of For For Management Directors other than the Chairman - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UCB Ticker: Security ID: BE0003739530 Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Directors' Report None Did Not Management Vote 2 Receive Auditors' Report None Did Not Management Vote 3 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Allocation of Income Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Directors For Did Not Management Vote 5 Approve Discharge of Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 6 Reelect M. Eyskens and Prince Laurent as For Did Not Management Independent Directors; Elect Frederik Vote Rock Doliveux as Director; Reelect Daniel Goosens as Auditor; Approve Remuneration of Auditors of EUR 129,000 for the UCB Group, of Which EUR 60,000 for UCB S.A. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WOCKHARDT LTD Ticker: Security ID: INE049B01017 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Dividends of INR 6.5 Per Share For For Management 3 Reappoint B. Patel as Director For For Management 4 Appoint A. Mehta as Director For For Management 5 Approve S.R. Batliboi as Auditors and For For Management Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration 6 Approve Voluntary Delisting of Company For For Management Shares 7 Approve 2-for-1 Stock Split For For Management 8 Amend Articles of Association Re: 2-for-1 For For Management Stock Split 9 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves for For For Management Bonus Issue - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZIMMER HOLDINGS INC Ticker: ZMH Security ID: 98956P102 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock For Did Not Management Vote 1.2 Elect Director John L. McGoldrick For Did Not Management Vote 2 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against Did Not Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote Vote 3 Ratify Auditors Against Did Not Shareholder Vote 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. Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. By: /s/ Terry K. Glenn Terry K. Glenn, President of Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. Date: August 13, 2004 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----