77 Q1 OTHER EXHIBITS

CREF MATTERS SUBMITTED TO A VOTE


On July 17, 2012, the College Retirement
Equities Fund (CREF) held a special meeting
of participants so that its Participants
could consider and vote upon certain matters,
in accordance with the terms of the Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A, incorporated
herein by reference, filed by CREF with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on
June 8, 2012, File No. 811-04415. A summary of
these matters and the results of the
participants' meeting are included in CREF's
December 31, 2012 annual report, which is
included in CREF's 2012 annual Form N-CSR
filing with the SEC.