-----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, UYElmKGMbTrdreDLoMYSrpAGAhxltJrNIW9RVbpZP5QKriZUEou4Wd55lermAYJS 5k0Rd9xYSpTHCDA36jsD+A== 0000900092-05-000333.txt : 20050825 0000900092-05-000333.hdr.sgml : 20050825 20050825115109 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000900092-05-000333 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050825 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050825 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20050825 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: 051047849 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 MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND, INC. 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: Robert C. Doll, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, 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: 04/30/2006 Date of reporting period: 07/01/04 - 06/30/05 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: 07/01/2004 - 06/30/2005 Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. ===================== MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND, INC. ====================== ABBOTT LABORATORIES Ticker: ABT Security ID: 002824100 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director R.S. Austin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director W.S. Daley For For Management 1.3 Elect Director H.L. Fuller For For Management 1.4 Elect Director R.A. Gonzalez For For Management 1.5 Elect Director J.M. Greenberg For For Management 1.6 Elect Director J.M. Leiden For For Management 1.7 Elect Director D.A.L. Owen For For Management 1.8 Elect Director B. Powell Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director A.B. Rand For For Management 1.10 Elect Director W.A. Reynolds For For Management 1.11 Elect Director R.S. Roberts For For Management 1.12 Elect Director W.D. Smithburg For For Management 1.13 Elect Director J.R. Walter For For Management 1.14 Elect Director M.D. White For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Link Executive Compensation to Government Against Against Shareholder Fines 4 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder 5 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 7 Report on Operational Imact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder TB, and Malaria Pandemic 8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AETNA INC. Ticker: AET Security ID: 00817Y108 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 25, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Betsy Z. Cohen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jeffrey E. Garten For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Earl G. Graves For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Gerald Greenwald For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael H. Jordan For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Joseph P. Newhouse For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John W. Rowe, M.D. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Ronald A. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management 4 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 6 Expense Stock Options Against For Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERIGROUP CORP. Ticker: AGP Security ID: 03073T102 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard D. Shirk For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jeffrey B. Child For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMGEN, INC. Ticker: AMGN Security ID: 031162100 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Dr. David Baltimore For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ms. Judith C. Pelham For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Mr. Kevin W. Sharer For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder 4 Review/Limit Executive Compensation Against For Shareholder 5 Adopt Retention Ratio for Executives Against For Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: AMLN Security ID: 032346108 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Vaughn D. Bryson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph C. Cook, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ginger L. Graham For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Howard E. Greene, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Terrance H. Gregg For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jay S. Skyler For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Thomas R. Testman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James N. Wilson For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARK THERAPEUTICS GROUP PLC, LONDON Ticker: Security ID: GB0034251727 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Re-elect Martyn Williams as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Peter Keen as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Sir Mark Richmond as Director For For Management 6 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration 7 Approve Ark Therapeutics 2005 Long-Term For Against Management Incentive Plan 8 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 379,228 9 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 63,205 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. Ticker: BMY Security ID: 110122108 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 7, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director V.D. Coffman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director J.M. Cornelius For For Management 1.3 Elect Director P.R. Dolan For For Management 1.4 Elect Director E.V. Futter For For Management 1.5 Elect Director L.V. Gershtner, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director L. Johansson For For Management 1.7 Elect Director L.W. Sullivan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Articles to Eliminate Certain For For Management Supermajority Vote Requirements 4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 5 Report on Operational Impact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder TB, and Malaria Pandemic 6 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder 7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 8 Proposal Regarding Restatement Situations Against Against Shareholder 9 Limit/Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 10 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAREMARK RX, INC. Ticker: CMX Security ID: 141705103 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 29, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Edwin M. Crawford For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Kristen Gibney Williams For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Edward L. Hardin For For Management 2 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CELGENE CORP. Ticker: CELG Security ID: 151020104 Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 28, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John W. Jackson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Sol J. Barer, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Hugin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jack L. Bowman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Frank T. Cary For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Michael D. Casey For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., For For Management M.D. 1.8 Elect Director Gilla Kaplan, Ph.D. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Richard C.E. Morgan For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Walter L. Robb, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTENE CORP. Ticker: CNC Security ID: 15135B101 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 4, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael F. Neidorff For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John R. Roberts For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERNER CORP. Ticker: CERN Security ID: 156782104 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John C. Danforth For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Neal L. Patterson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William D. Zollars For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Ticker: CRL Security ID: 159864107 Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 11, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James C. Foster For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stephen D. Chubb For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George E. Massaro For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Linda McGoldrick For For Management 1.5 Elect Director George M. Milne, Jr. 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 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COVANCE INC. Ticker: CVD Security ID: 222816100 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director J. Randall Macdonald For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Kathleen G. Murray For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director William C. Ughetta For Withhold Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CV THERAPEUTICS INC. Ticker: CVTX Security ID: 126667104 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Santo J. Costa For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John Groom For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Barbara J. McNeil, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE, INC. Ticker: CYPB Security ID: 232674507 Meeting Date: AUG 17, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Samuel D. Anderson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jack H. Vaughn For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE, INC. Ticker: CYPB Security ID: 232674507 Meeting Date: JUN 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 21, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jon W. McGarity For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Millon For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gary D. Tollefson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYTYC CORPORATION Ticker: CYTC Security ID: 232946103 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Brock Hattox For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William McDaniel For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Marla S. Persky For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EISAI CO. LTD. Ticker: ESALY Security ID: JP3160400002 Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Amend Articles to: Increase Authorized For For Management Capital from 700 Million to 1.1 Billion Shares - Clarify Director Authorities - Authorize Public Announcements in Electronic Format - Introduce Statement of Corporate Philosophy 2.1 Elect Director For For Management 2.2 Elect Director For For Management 2.3 Elect Director For For Management 2.4 Elect Director For For Management 2.5 Elect Director For For Management 2.6 Elect Director For For Management 2.7 Elect Director For For Management 2.8 Elect Director For For Management 2.9 Elect Director For For Management 2.10 Elect Director For For Management 2.11 Elect Director For For Management 2.12 Elect Director For For Management 3 Approve Executive Stock Option Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXELIXIS, INC Ticker: EXEL Security ID: 30161Q104 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 4, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stelios Papadopoulos, For For Management Ph.D 1.2 Elect Director George A. Scangos, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Frank McCormick, Ph.D For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Lance Willsey, M.D For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC. Ticker: ESRX Security ID: 302182100 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gary G. Benanav For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Frank J. Borelli For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Maura C. Breen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Nicholas J. Lahawchic For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Thomas P. MacMahon For For Management 1.6 Elect Director John O. Parker, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director George Paz For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Samuel K. Skinner For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Seymour Sternberg For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Barrett A. Toan For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Howard L. Waltman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENENTECH, INC. Ticker: DNA Security ID: 368710406 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 14, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Herbert W. Boyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William M. Burns For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Erich Hunziker For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Jonathan K.C. Knowles For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Charles A. Sanders For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENZYME CORP. Ticker: GENZ Security ID: 372917104 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert J. Carpenter For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles L. Cooney For For Management 2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 3 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. Ticker: GILD Security ID: 375558103 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2005 # 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 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Report on Impact of HIV/AIDS, TB, and Against For Shareholder Malaria Pandemics - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH NET, INC. Ticker: HNT Security ID: 42222G108 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas T. Farley For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gale S. Fitzgerald For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Patrick Foley For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jay M. Gellert For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Roger F. Greaves For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Bruce G. Willison For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Frederick C. Yeager For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUMANA INC. Ticker: HUM Security ID: 444859102 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 7, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David A. Jones, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Frank A. D'Amelio For For Management 1.3 Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John R. Hall For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Kurt J. Hilzinger For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Michael B. Mccallister For For Management 1.7 Elect Director W. Ann Reynolds, Ph.D. For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDENIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: IDIX Security ID: 45166R204 Meeting Date: JUN 7, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director J-P. Sommadossi, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles W. Cramb For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas Ebeling For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director W.T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Thomas R. Hodgson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert E. Pelzer For Withhold Management 1.7 Elect Director D. Pollard-Knight Ph.D. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Pamela Thomas-Graham For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Other Business For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC Ticker: ISRG Security ID: 46120E602 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 4, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert W. Duggan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William J. Mercer For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISOLAGEN, INC. Ticker: ILE Security ID: 46488N103 Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 26, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Ratify Auditors For For Management 2.1 Elect Director Henry Toh For For Management 2.2 Elect Director Ralph Demartino For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-V PHARMACEUTICAL CO. Ticker: KV.B Security ID: 482740206 Meeting Date: SEP 9, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 13, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jean M. Bellin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Norman D. Schellenger For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Terry B. Hatfield For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC Ticker: KERX Security ID: 492515101 Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Weiss For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director I. Craig Henderson, M.D. For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Malcolm Hoenlein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Lawrence Jay Kessel, M.D. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Eric Rose, M.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Lindsay A. Rosenwald, For For Management M.D. 1.7 Elect Director Peter Salomon, M.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEXICON GENETICS, INC. Ticker: LEXG Security ID: 528872104 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Samuel L. Barker, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Patricia M. Cloherty For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For Against Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDAREX, INC. Ticker: MEDX Security ID: 583916101 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mr. Michael A. Appelbaum For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dr. Patricia M. Danzon For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC Ticker: MHS Security ID: 58405U102 Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 4, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John L. Cassis For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael Goldstein For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Blenda J. Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 5 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDTRONIC, INC. Ticker: MDT Security ID: 585055106 Meeting Date: AUG 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 2, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William R. Brody, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 1.2 Elect Director Arthur D. Collins, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., For For Management M.D., D. Phil. 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MGI PHARMA, INC. Ticker: MOGN Security ID: 552880106 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 14, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Andrew J. Ferrara For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Edward W. Mehrer For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Hugh E. Miller For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Leon O. Moulder, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director David B. Sharrock For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Waneta C. Tuttle, Ph.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Arthur L. Weaver, M.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MYOGEN, INC. Ticker: MYOG Security ID: 62856E104 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael R. Bristow For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Kirk K. Calhoun For For Management 1.3 Elect Director J. William Freytag For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jerry T. Jackson For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Daniel J. Mitchell For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Arnold L. Oronsky For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael J. Valentino For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Sigrid Van Bladel For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NABI BIOPHARMACEUTICALS Ticker: NABI Security ID: 629519109 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 25, 2005 # 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NICHOLAS PIRAMAL INDIA LTD Ticker: Security ID: INE140A01016 Meeting Date: DEC 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Stock Split For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NICHOLAS PIRAMAL INDIA LTD Ticker: Security ID: INE140A01016 Meeting Date: DEC 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve 5-for-1 Stock Split For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVARTIS AG Ticker: NVS Security ID: CH0012005267 Meeting Date: MAR 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 1.05 per Share Vote 4 Approve CHF 19 Million Reduction in Share For Did Not Management Capital via Share Cancellation Vote 5 Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 6.1 Reelect Birgit Breuel as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.2 Reelect Peter Burckhardt as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.3 Reelect Alexandre Jetzer as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.4 Reelect Pierre Landolt as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.5 Reelect Ulrich Lehner as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For Did Not Management Auditors Vote - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUVELO, INC. Ticker: NUVO Security ID: 67072M301 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mary K. Pendergast For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dr. George B. Rathmann, For For Management Ph.D. 2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL Ticker: OFIX Security ID: N6748L102 Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 2, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Charles W. Federico For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James F. Gero For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert Gaines-Cooper For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jerry C. Benjamin For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Peter J. Hewett For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Walter P. Von Wartburg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas J. Kester For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenneth R. Weisshaar For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Guy J. Jordan For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Stefan Widensohler For For Management 2 PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE For For Management ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (ARTICLE 10 AND ARTICLE 11). 3 PROPOSAL TO APPROVE BALANCE SHEET AND For For Management INCOME STATEMENT AT AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004. 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSI PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: OSIP Security ID: 671040103 Meeting Date: MAR 16, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 21, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert A. Ingram For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Colin Goddard, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael G. Atieh For For Management 1.4 Elect Director G. Morgan Browne For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Daryl K. Granner, M.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Walter M Lovenberg, Ph.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Viren Mehta For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Herbert Pinedo, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 1.9 Elect Director Sir Mark Richmond, Ph.D For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John P. White For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: PHS Security ID: 695112102 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Aida Alvarez For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Bradley C. Call For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Terry O. Hartshorn For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dominic Ng For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Howard G. Phanstiel For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Warren E. Pinckert II For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David A. Reed For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Charles R. Rinehart For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Linda Rosenstock For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Lloyd E. Ross For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHARMION CORP Ticker: PHRM. Security ID: 71715B409 Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 29, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Patrick J. Mahaffy For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James Blair For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Cam L. Garner For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For Against Management Plan - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC Ticker: PGNX Security ID: 743187106 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 14, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kurt W. Briner For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Paul F. Jacobson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Charles A. Baker For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Mark F. Dalton For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Paul J. Maddon, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 1.7 Elect Director David A. Scheinberg, For For Management M.D., Ph.D. 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Other Business For Against Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: FR0000120578 Meeting Date: DEC 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger by Absorption of Aventis For Did Not Management by Sanofi-Aventis; Authorize Issuance of Vote 19.1 Million Shares to Compensate Aventis Minority Shareholders 2 Approve Accounting Treatment of For Did Not Management Absorption Vote 3 Assume Obligations of 257,248 Outstanding For Did Not Management Aventis Warrants; Authorize Issuance of Vote Up to 301,984 Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Warrants 4 Assume Obligations of 48.08 Million For Did Not Management Outstanding Aventis Stock Options; Vote Authorize Issuance of Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Stock Options 5 Set Dec. 31, 2004, as Effective Date of For Did Not Management Merger and Related Capital Increase to Vote Aventis Minority Shareholders 6 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in For Did Not Management Capital Vote 7 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 8 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: FR0000120578 Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2005 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 1.20 per Share Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit as For Did Not Management Auditor Vote 6 Ratify Pierre Coll as Alternate Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 7 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 8 Cancel Outstanding Debt Issuance For Did Not Management Authority Vote 9 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1.4 Billion; Authorize Global Limit of EUR 1.6 Billion 10 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 840 Million 11 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 500 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 12 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Issuance Authorities Above 13 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 14 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 15 Authorize Up to 1 Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital For Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 16 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 17 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEPRACOR INC. Ticker: SEPR Security ID: 817315104 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Timothy J. Barberich For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIONOGI & CO. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: JP3347200002 Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including For For Management the Following Dividends: Interim JY 4.25, Final JY 7.75, Special JY 0 2.1 Elect Director For For Management 2.2 Elect Director For For Management 2.3 Elect Director For For Management 2.4 Elect Director For For Management 2.5 Elect Director For For Management 3 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor For Against Management 4 Approve Retirement Bonus for Statutory For Against Management Auditor - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC Ticker: Security ID: 82481R106 Meeting Date: JUN 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 17, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER THE DIRECTORS For For Management REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004. 2 TO RE-ELECT MR MATTHEW WILLIAM EMMENS AS For For Management A DIRECTOR. 3 TO RE-ELECT MR RONALD MAURICE NORDMANN AS For For Management A DIRECTOR. 4 TO RE-ELECT DR BARRY JOHN PRICE AS A For For Management DIRECTOR. 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO For For Management DETERMINE THE REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITORS. 7 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION For For Management REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004. 8 TO AUTHORIZE THE ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. For For Management 9 TO AUTHORIZE THE DISAPPLICATION OF For For Management PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS. 10 TO AUTHORIZE MARKET PURCHASES. For For Management 11 TO AUTHORIZE DONATIONS TO EU POLITICAL For For Management ORGANIZATIONS AND THE INCURRING OF EU POLITICAL EXPENDITURE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH & NEPHEW PLC Ticker: Security ID: GB0009223206 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 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 3.2 Pence Per For For Management Share 3 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 4 Re-elect John Buchanan as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Brian Larcombe as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Pamela Kirby as Director For For Management 7 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management of the Company 8 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 9 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 32,717,742 10 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 5,728,869 11 Authorise 93,745,121 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SONOSITE INC. Ticker: SONO Security ID: 83568G104 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kirby L. Cramer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Kevin M. Goodwin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Edward V. Fritzky For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Steven R. Goldstein, M.D For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert G. Hauser, M.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William G. Parzybok, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Richard S. Schneider, For For Management Ph.D. 1.9 Elect Director Jacques Souquet, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. Ticker: STJ Security ID: 790849103 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 14, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard R. Devenuti For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stuart M. Essig For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas H. Garrett III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Wendy L. Yarno For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder Services - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUS. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: INE044A01028 Meeting Date: APR 4, 2005 Meeting Type: Court Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger with Phlox Pharmaceuticals For For Management Ltd. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUS. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: INE044A01028 Meeting Date: DEC 30, 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 3.25 Per Share For For Management 3 Reappoint S.M. Dadha as Director For For Management 4 Reappoint S.V. Valia as Director For For Management 5 Approve Deloitte Haskins & Sells as For For Management Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration 6 Approve Reclassification of Authorized For For Management Share Capital 7 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Reclassification of Authorized Share Capital 8 Approve Voluntary Delisting of Company For For Management Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUS. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: INE044A01028 Meeting Date: FEB 8, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Deloitte Haskins & Sells as For For Management Statutory Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. Ticker: Security ID: JP3463000004 Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Allocation of Income, Including For For Management the Following Dividends: Interim JY 44, Final JY 44, Special JY 0 2 Amend Articles to: Increase Authorized For For Management Capital from 2.4 Billion to 3.5 Billion Shares - Set Maximum Number of Internal Auditors - Clarify Board's Authority to Vary AGM Record Date - Set Maximum Board Size 3.1 Elect Director For For Management 3.2 Elect Director For For Management 3.3 Elect Director For For Management 3.4 Elect Director For For Management 3.5 Elect Director For For Management 4 Appoint Internal Statutory Auditor For For Management 5 Approve Retirement Bonuses for Director For Against Management and Statutory Auditor - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED Ticker: UNH Security ID: 91324P102 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 7, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Thomas H. Kean For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert L. Ryan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William G. Spears For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder 4 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VICURON PHAMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: MICU Security ID: 926471103 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 7, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James H. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George F. Horner, III For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC Ticker: WCG Security ID: 94946T106 Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 20, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Todd S. Farha For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Regina Herzlinger For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Kevin Hickey For For Management 2 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For Against Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLPOINT INC Ticker: WLP Security ID: 94973V107 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William H.T. Bush For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Warren Y. Jobe For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William G. Mays For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Senator Donald W. Riegle, For For Management Jr. 1.5 Elect Director William J. Ryan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WOCKHARDT LTD Ticker: Security ID: INE049B01025 Meeting Date: OCT 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Increase in Borrowing Powers For Against Management 2 Approve Issuance of Equity or For Against Management Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights 3 Approve Reclassification of Authorized For For Management Share Capital 4 Amend Memorandum of Association Re: For For Management Reclassification of Authorized Share Capital 5 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Reclassification of Authorized Share Capital - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZIMMER HOLDINGS INC Ticker: ZMH Security ID: 98956P102 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director J. Raymond Elliott For For Management 2 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder Services ========== END NPX REPORT 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/ Robert C. Doll, Jr. ----------------------- Robert C. Doll, Jr. Chief Executive Officer Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. Date: August 25, 2005 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----