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Form N-PX

 

Annual Report of Proxy Voting Record of

 

Copley Fund, Inc.

 

Investment Company Act File No.: 811-2815

 

Registrant

Copley Fund, Inc.

5348 Vegas Drive

Las Vegas NV 89108

 

Agent for Service

 

Fiscal Year end: February 29

 

 

Date of Reporting Period: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

 

 
 

Name Ticker CUSIP Meeting Date Item Description Proponent (Management/Shareholder) Voted (Yes/No) Vote Cast With or Against Mgt Rec
Ameren Corporation AEE 23608102 4/24/2012 Election of Directors        
        Stephen F. Brauer Management Yes For With
        Catherine S. Brune Management Yes For With
        Ellen M. Fitzsimmons Management Yes For With
        Walter J. Galvin Management Yes For With
        Gayle P. W. Jackson Management Yes For With
        James C. Johnson Management Yes For With
        Steven H. Lipstein Management Yes For With
        Patrick T. Stokes Management Yes For With
        Thomas R. Voss Management Yes For With
        Stephen R. Wilson Management Yes For With
        Jack D. Woodard Management Yes For With
  AEE     Advisory Approval of the compensation of the executives Management Yes For With
  AEE     Ratify Appt - PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Independent Registered Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2012 Management Yes For With
  AEE     Report on Coal Combustion Waste Shareholder Yes Against With
  AEE     Report on Coal -Related Costs and Risk Shareholder Yes Against With
  AEE     Assessment and Report on Greenhouse Gas and other Air Emissions Reductions Shareholder Yes Against With
American Electric Power Company, Inc. AEP 25537101 4/24/2012 Election of Directors        
        Nicholas K. Akins Management Yes For With
        David J. Anderson Management Yes For With
        James F. Cordes Management Yes For With
        Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. Management Yes For With
        Linda A. Goodspeed Management Yes For  With
        Thomas E. Hoaglin Management Yes For With
        Michael G. Morris Management Yes For With
        Richard C. Notebaert Management Yes For With
        Lionel L. Nowell III Management Yes For With
        Richard L. Sandor Management Yes For With
        Sara Martinez Tucker Management Yes For  With
        John F. Turner Management Yes For With
  AEP     Approval - American Electric Power System Senior Officer Incentive Plan Management Yes For With
  AEP     Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2012 Management Yes For With
  AEP     Advisory Approval of the Company's Executive Compensation Management Yes For With
Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. DGAS 247748106 11/17/2011 Election of Directors        
        Glenn R. Jennings Management Yes For With
        Lewis N. Melton Management Yes For With
        Arthur E. Walker, Jr. Management Yes For With
  DGAS     Ratify Appt - Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Management Yes For With
  DGAS     Advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to named executive officers Management Yes For  With
  DGAS     Advisory vote on whether the shareholder vote on named excutive officers' compensation should occur every 1, 2 or 3 years Management Yes 1yr With
DTE Energy Company DTE 233331107 5/3/2012 Election of Directors        
        Gerald M. Anderson Management Yes For With
        Charles G. McClure, Jr. Management Yes For With
        Eugene A. Miller Management Yes For With
        Charles W. Pryor, Jr.  Management Yes For With
        Ruth G. Shaw Management Yes For With
  DTE     Independent Accounting Firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP Management Yes For With
  DTE     Executive Compensation Management Yes For With
  DTE     Amend the 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan Management Yes For With
  DTE     Political Contributions Shareholder Yes Against With
  DTE     Greenhouse Gas Emissions Shareholder Yes Against With
Exelon Corporation EXC 30161N101 4/2/2012 Election of Directors        
        John A. Canning, Jr.  Management Yes For  With
        Christopher M. Crane Management Yes For With
        M. Walter D'Alessio Management Yes For  With
        Nicholas DeBenedictis Management Yes For  With
        Nelson A. Diaz Management Yes For  With
        Sue L. Gin Management Yes For  With
        Rosemarie B. Greco Management Yes For  With
        Paul L. Joskow Management Yes For  With
        Richard W. Mies Management Yes For  With
        John M. Palms Management Yes For  With
        Willliam C. Richardson Management Yes For  With
        Thomas J. Ridge Management Yes For  With
        John W. Rogers, Jr. Management Yes For  With
        John W. Rowe Management Yes For  With
        Stephen D. Steinour Management Yes For  With
        Don Thompson Management Yes For  With
        Ann C. Berzin Management Yes For  With
        Yves C. de Balmann Management Yes For  With
        Robert J. Lawless Management Yes For  With
        Mayo A. Shattuck III Management Yes For  With
  EXC     Ratification of PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP as Exelon's Independent Accountant for the year 2012 Management Yes For  With
  EXC     Advisory Vote on executive compensation Management Yes For  With
Great Plains Energy Incorporated GXP 391164100 5/1/2012 Election of Directors        
        Terry Bassham Management Yes For With
        David L. Bodde Management Yes For  With
        Michael J. Chesser Management Yes For  With
        R. C. Ferguson, Jr.  Management Yes For  With
        Gary D. Forsee Management Yes For  With
        Thomas D. Hyde Management Yes For With
        James A. Mitchell Management Yes For  With
        John J. Sherman Management Yes For  With
        Linda H. Talbott Management Yes For  With
        Robert H. West Management Yes For  With
  GXP     Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Management Yes For  With
  GXP     Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2012 Management Yes For  With
New Jersey Resources Corporation NJR 646025106 1/25/2012 Election of Directors        
        Donald L. Correll Management Yes For  With
        M. William Howard, Jr. Management Yes For  With
        J. Terry Strange Management Yes For  With
        George R. Zoffinger Management Yes For  With
  NJR     Non-Binding Advisory Resolution Approving the Compensation of Named Executive Officers Management Yes For  With
  NJR     Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2012 Management Yes For  With
NSTAR Electric Co. NSTAR 67019E107 12/13/2011 Election of Class III Trustees        
        Charles K. Gifford Management Yes For  With
        Paul A. La Camera Management Yes For  With
        William C. Van Faasen Management Yes For  With
  NSTAR     Approval of Exective Compensation Disclosed in the Proxy Statement Management Yes For  With
  NSTAR     Approval on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation Management Yes 1 yr With
  NSTAR     Ratify the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants for 2011 Management Yes For  With
Progress Energy, Inc. PGN 743263105 8/23/2011 Approve the Plan of Merger Contained in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 8, 2011 Management Yes For With
  PGN     Adjourn the Progress Energy, Inc. Special Meeting of Shareholders, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the merger proposal Management Yes For With
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. PEG 744573106 4/17/2012 Election of Directors        
        Albert R. Gamper, Jr.  Management Yes For With
        Conrad K. Harper Management Yes For With
        William V. Hickey Management Yes For With
        Ralph Izzo Management Yes For With
        Shirley Ann Jackson Management Yes Against Against
        David Lilley Management Yes For With
        Thomas A. Renyi Management Yes For With
        Hak Cheol Shin Management Yes For With
        Richard J. Swift Management Yes Against Against
        Susan Tomasky Management Yes For With
  PEG     Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Management Yes For With
  PEG     Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Auditor for the Year 2012 Management Yes For With
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PNC 693475105 4/24/2012 Election of Directors        
        Richard O. Berndt Management Yes For With
        Charles E. Bunch Management Yes For With
        Paul W. Chellgren Management Yes For With
        Kay Coles James Management Yes For With
        Richard B. Kelson Management Yes For With
        Bruce C. Lindsay Management Yes For With
        Anthony A. Massaro Management Yes For With
        Jane G. Pepper Management Yes For With
        James E. Rohr Management Yes For With
        Donald J. Shepard Management Yes For With
        Lorene K. Steffes Management Yes For With
        Dennis F. Strigl Management Yes For With
        Thomas J. Usher Management Yes For With
        George H. Walls, Jr.  Management Yes For With
        Helge H. Wehmeier Management Yes For With
  PNC     Ratification of Audit Committee's selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PNC's independent registered public accounting firm for 2012 Management Yes For With
  PNC     Approval of an Advisory Vote on executive compensation Management Yes For With
Sunoco, Inc. SUN 86764P109 5/3/2012 Election of Directors        
        I.C. Britt Management Ys For With
        C. C. Casciato Management Yes For With
        W.H. Ester Management Yes For With
        G.W. Edwards Management Yes For With
        U. O. Fairbairn Management Yes For With
        J. P. Jones, III Management Yes For With
        J. G. Kaiser Management Yes For With
        B. P. MacDonald Management Yes For With
        J. K. Wulff Management Yes For With
  SUN     Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year 2012 Management Yes For With
  SUN     Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Management Yes For With
  SUN     Equity Awards Shareholder Yes Against With
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ 92343V104 3/5/2012 Election of Directors        
        Richard L. Carrion Management Yes For With
        Melanie L. Healey Management Yes For With
        M. Frances Keeth Management Yes For With
        Robert W. Lane Management Yes For With
        Lowell C. McAdam Management Yes For With
        Sandra O. Moose Management Yes For With
        Joseph Neubauer Management Yes For With
        Donald T. Nicolaisen Management Yes For With
        Clarence Otis, Jr. Management Yes For With
        Hugh B. Price Management Yes For With
        Rodney E. Slater Management Yes For With
  VZ     Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Management Yes For With
  VZ     Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Management Yes For With
  VZ     Disclosure of Prior Government Services Shareholder Yes Against With
  VZ     Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Shareholder Yes Against With
  VZ     Vesting of Performance Stock Units Shareholder Yes Against With
  VZ     Shareholder Right to Call a Special Meeting Shareholder Yes Against With
  VZ     Sharehold Action by Written Consent Shareholder Yes Against With
  VZ     Network Neutrality for Wireless Broadband Shareholder Yes Against With
WGL Holdings, Inc. WGL 92924F106 3/1/2012 Election of Directors        
        Michael D. Barnes Management Yes For With
        George P. Clancy, Jr. Management Yes For With
        James W. Dyke, Jr.  Management Yes For With
        Melvyn J. Estrin Management Yes For With
        Nancy C. Floyd Management Yes For With
        James F. LaFond Management Yes For With
        Debra L. Lee Management Yes For With
        Terry D. McCallister Management Yes For With
  WGL     Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal Year 2012 Management Yes For With
  WGL     Re-Approve the WGL Holdings, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan Management Yes For With
  WGL     Approve, by Non-Binding Vote, Compensation Paid to Certain Executive Officers Management Yes For With
  WGL     Provide Cumulative Voting in the Election of Directors Management Yes Against With

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

Copley Fund, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Irving Levine

President

 

Date: August 22, 2012