N-PX 1 b51610a1nvpx.txt MANAGED SECTORS VARIABLE ACCOUNT, N-PX UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act file number 811-5449 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGED SECTORS VARIABLE ACCOUNT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) James R. Bordewick, Jr. Massachusetts Financial Services Company 500 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agents for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of fiscal year end: December 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of reporting period: July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORD. ======================= MANAGED SECTORS VARIABLE ACCOUNT ======================= ABBOTT LABORATORIES Ticker: ABT Security ID: 002824100 Meeting Date: APR 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 25, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Roxanne S. Austin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director H.Laurance Fuller For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Richard A. Gonzalez For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jeffrey M. Leiden For For Management 1.6 Elect Director David A. Lord Owen For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Boone Powell Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Addison Barry Rand For For Management 1.9 Elect Director W.Ann Reynolds For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Roy S. Roberts For For Management 1.11 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management 1.12 Elect Director John R. Walter For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Miles D. White For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Drug Pricing Against Against Shareholder 4 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities 5 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Operational Imact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder TB, and Malaria Pandemic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACE LTD. Ticker: ACE Security ID: G0070K103 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 8, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Brian Duperreault For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert M. Hernandez For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Peter Menikoff For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert Ripp For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Dermot F. Smurfit For For Management 2 PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE ACE LIMITED 2004 For Against Management LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN. 3 PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF For For Management PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS OF ACE LIMITED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2004. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADTRAN, INC. Ticker: ADTN Security ID: 00738A106 Meeting Date: APR 15, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mark C. Smith For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Howard A. Thrailkill For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Richard A. Anderson For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. Frank Blount For For Management 1.5 Elect Director H. Fenwick Huss For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William L. Marks For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Roy J. Nichols For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. Ticker: AXP Security ID: 025816109 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Daniel F. Akerson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charlene Barshefsky For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William G. Bowen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Ursula M. Burns For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Peter R. Dolan For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Jan Leschly For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Richard A. McGinn For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Edward D. Miller For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Frank P. Popoff For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Robert D. Walter For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder 4 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. Ticker: AIG Security ID: 026874107 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 26, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director M. Bernard Aidinoff For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Pei-Yuan Chia For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Marshall A. Cohen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Willaim S. Cohen For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Martin S. Feldstein For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Maurice R. Greenberg For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Carla A. Hills For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Frank J. Hoenemeyer For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Richard C. Holbrooke For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Donald P. Kanak For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Howard I. Smith For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Martin J. Sullivan For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Edmund S.W. Tse For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Frank G. Zarb For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Approve Non-Employee Director Stock For For Management Option Plan 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities 6 Divest from Tobacco Equities Against Against Shareholder 7 Link Executive Compensation to Predatory Against Against Shareholder Lending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANALOG DEVICES, INC. Ticker: ADI Security ID: 032654105 Meeting Date: MAR 9, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 16, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jerald G. Fishman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director F. Grant Saviers For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVON PRODUCTS, INC. Ticker: AVP Security ID: 054303102 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Edward T. Fogarty For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Susan J. Kropf For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Maria Elena Lagomasino For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder 5 Report on Feasibility of Removing Against Against Shareholder Parabens from Company Products 6 Report on Feasibility of Removing Dibutyl Against Against Shareholder Phthalate from Company Products -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., THE Ticker: BK Security ID: 064057102 Meeting Date: APR 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Alan R. Griffith For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassell For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski For For Management 1.7 Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John C. Malone For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Paul Myners, CBE For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Robert C. Pozen For Withhold Management 1.11 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi For For Management 1.13 Elect Director William C. Richardson For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Brian L. Roberts For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Samuel C. Scott III For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 5 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 6 Limit Composition of Committee to Against Against Shareholder Independent Directors 7 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEST BUY CO., INC. Ticker: BBY Security ID: 086516101 Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 26, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Bradbury H. Anderson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director K.J. Higgins Victor For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Allen U. Lenzmeier For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Frank D. Trestman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James C. Wetherbe For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ronald James For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Matthew H. Paull For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Mary A. Tolan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BISYS GROUP, INC., THE Ticker: BSG Security ID: 055472104 Meeting Date: NOV 13, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 19, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lynn J. Mangum For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Denis A. Bovin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert J. Casale For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas A. Cooper For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Paula G. McInerney For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas E. McInerney For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Joseph J. Melone For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Dennis R. Sheehan For For Management 2 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 3 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. Ticker: EAT Security ID: 109641100 Meeting Date: NOV 13, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 15, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ronald A. McDougall For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Douglas H. Brooks For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Dan W. Cook, III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert M. Gates For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Marvin J. Girouard For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ronald Kirk For For Management 1.7 Elect Director George R. Mrkonic For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Erle Nye For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James E. Oesterreicher For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Cece Smith For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Roger T. Staubach For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Report on the Impact of Genetically Against Against Shareholder Engineered Products -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAREER EDUCATION CORP. Ticker: CECO Security ID: 141665109 Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Thomas B. Lally For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John M. Larson For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAREMARK RX, INC. Ticker: CMX Security ID: 141705103 Meeting Date: MAR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: FEB 5, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 2 Approve Issuance of Stock in Connection For For Management with Merger Agreement 3 Increase Authorized Preferred Stock For Against Management 4 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 5 Allow Postponement or Adjournment of For Against Management Special Meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAREMARK RX, INC. Ticker: CMX Security ID: 141705103 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Edwin M. Banks For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Colleen C. Welch, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Roger L. Headrick For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Millon For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARNIVAL CORP. Ticker: CCL Security ID: 143658300 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Micky Arison For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Amb Richard G. Capen Jr For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert H. Dickinson For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Arnold W. Donald For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Pier Luigi Foschi For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Howard S. Frank For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Baroness Hogg For For Management 1.8 Elect Director A. Kirk Lanterman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Modesto A. Maidique For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John P. Mcnulty For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Peter Ratcliffe For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Sir John Parker For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Stuart Subotnick For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Uzi Zucker For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF For For Management CARNIVAL PLC TO AGREE THE REMUNERATION OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. 4 TO RECEIVE THE ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS FOR For For Management CARNIVAL PLC FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2003. 5 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION For For Management REPORT OF CARNIVAL PLC. 6 TO APPROVE LIMITS ON THE AUTHORITY TO For For Management ALLOT SHARES BY CARNIVAL PLC. 7 TO APPROVE THE DISAPPLICATION OF For For Management PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS FOR CARNIVAL PLC SHARES. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: CSCO Security ID: 17275R102 Meeting Date: NOV 11, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 12, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Carol A. Bartz For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Larry R. Carter For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John T. Chambers For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dr. James F. Gibbons For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Dr. John L. Hennessy For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary For For Management 1.7 Elect Director James C. Morgan For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John P. Morgridge For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Donald T. Valentine For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Steven M. West For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Jerry Yang For For Management 2 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Report on Company Products Used by the Against Against Shareholder Government to Monitor the Internet 5 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITIGROUP INC. Ticker: C Security ID: 172967101 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George David For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Kenneth T. Derr For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John M. Deutch For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Roberto Hernandez Ramirez For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Ann Dibble Jordan For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Dudley C. Mecum For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Andrall E. Pearson For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Robert E. Rubin For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Sanford I. Weill For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Robert B. Willumstad For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 4 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities 5 Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Ticker: CCU Security ID: 184502102 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Alan D. Feld For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas O. Hicks For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Perry J. Lewis For For Management 1.4 Elect Director L. Lowry Mays For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Mark P. Mays For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Randall T. Mays For For Management 1.7 Elect Director B.J. Mccombs For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Phyllis B. Riggins For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Theordore H. Strauss For For Management 1.10 Elect Director J.C. Watts For For Management 1.11 Elect Director John H. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. Ticker: CL Security ID: 194162103 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jill K. Conway For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ronald E. Ferguson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Carlos M. Gutierrez For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock For For Management 1.5 Elect Director David W. Johnson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Delano E. Lewis For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Reuben Mark For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Elizabeth A. Monrad For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Submit Severance Agreement Against For Shareholder (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote 5 Adopt ILO Based Code of Conduct Against Against Shareholder 6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMCAST CORP. Ticker: CMCSA Security ID: 20030N101 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director S. Decker Anstrom For For Management 1.2 Elect Director C. Michael Armstrong For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Kenneth J. Bacon For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Sheldon M. Bonovitz For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Julian A. Brodsky For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Joseph L. Castle, II For For Management 1.7 Elect Director J. Michael Cook For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Brian L. Roberts For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Ralph J. Roberts For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Dr. Judith Rodin For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Michael I. Sovern For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Restricted Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For For Management 5 Require Two-Thirds Majority of Against Against Shareholder Independent Directors on Board 6 Political Contributions/Activities Against Against Shareholder 7 Nominate Two Directors for every open Against Against Shareholder Directorships 8 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 9 Adopt a Recapitalization Plan Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORNING INC. Ticker: GLW Security ID: 219350105 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jeremy R. Knowles For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Eugene C. Sit For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Hansel E. Tookes II For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Submit Severance Agreement Against For Shareholder (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Ticker: COX Security ID: 224044107 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director G. Dennis Berry For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Janet M. Clarke For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James C. Kennedy For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert C. O'Leary For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James O. Robbins For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Rodney W. Schrock For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Andrew J. Young For For Management 2 Approve Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CVS CORPORATION Ticker: CVS Security ID: 126650100 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas P. Gerrity For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stanley P. Goldstein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Marian L. Heard For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William H. Joyce For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Terry R. Lautenbach For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Terrence Murray For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DANAHER CORP. Ticker: DHR Security ID: 235851102 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Steven M. Rales For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John T. Schwieters For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Alan G. Spoon For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Stock Option Plan For Against Management 4 Develop Charter Language on Board Against Against Shareholder Diversity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DELL INC. Ticker: DELL Security ID: 247025109 Meeting Date: JUL 18, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 23, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael A. Miles For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Alex J. Mandl For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Morton L. Topfer For For Management 2 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management 3 Change Company Name For For Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DST SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: DST Security ID: 233326107 Meeting Date: NOV 28, 2003 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: NOV 10, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Reorganization Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DST SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: DST Security ID: 233326107 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director A. Edward Allinson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael G. Fitt For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EBAY INC. Ticker: EBAY Security ID: 278642103 Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 26, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Philippe Bourguignon For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas J. Tierney For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Margaret C. Whitman For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Amend Stock Option Plan For Against Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP. Ticker: DISH Security ID: 278762109 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael T. Dugan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James Defranco For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Cantey Ergen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Charles W. Ergen For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Raymond L. Friedlob For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Steven R. Goodbarn For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David K. Moskowitz For For Management 1.8 Elect Director C. Michael Schroeder For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104 Meeting Date: FEB 3, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 24, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. Fernandez G. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director C.F. Knight For For Management 1.3 Elect Director G.A. Lodge For For Management 1.4 Elect Director R.L. Ridgway For For Management 1.5 Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FANNIE MAE Ticker: FNM Security ID: 313586109 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 6, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stephen B. Ashley For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas P. Gerrity For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Timothy Howard For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ann Korologos For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Frederic V. Malek For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Donald B. Marron For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Daniel H. Mudd For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Joe K. Pickett For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Leslie Rahl For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Franklin D. Raines For For Management 1.13 Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST DATA CORP. Ticker: FDC Security ID: 319963104 Meeting Date: OCT 28, 2003 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: SEP 8, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENENTECH, INC. Ticker: DNA Security ID: 368710406 Meeting Date: APR 16, 2004 Meeting Type: Written Consent Record Date: FEB 17, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For For Management 2.1 Elect Director Herbert W. Boyer For For Management 2.2 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson For For Management 2.3 Elect Director Mark Richmond For For Management 2.4 Elect Director Charles A. Sanders For For Management 2.5 Elect Director William M. Burns For For Management 2.6 Elect Director Erich Hunziker For For Management 2.7 Elect Director Jonathan K.C. Knowles For For Management 3 Elect Director M. Burns For For Management 4 Elect Director Erich Hunziker For For Management 5 Elect Director Jonathan K.C. Knowles For For Management 6 Increase Authorized Common Stock For Against Management 7 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 8 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ticker: GE Security ID: 369604103 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dennis D. Dammerman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ann M. Fudge For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Andrea Jung For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Alan G. Lafley For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenneth G. Langone For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Sam Nunn For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Roger S. Penske For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Douglas A. Warner III For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Robert C. Wright For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 5 Eliminate Animal Testing Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Nuclear Fuel Storage Risks Against Against Shareholder 7 Report on PCB Clean-up Against Against Shareholder 8 Report on Foreign Outsourcing Against Against Shareholder 9 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder 10 Limit Composition of Management Against Against Shareholder Development and Compensation Committee to Independent Directors 11 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder 12 Limit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 13 Limit Board Service for Other Companies Against Against Shareholder 14 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 15 Hire Advisor/Maximize Shareholder Value Against Against Shareholder 16 Adopt a Retention Ratio for Executives Against Against Shareholder and Directors 17 Require 70% to 80% Independent Board Against Against Shareholder 18 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENZYME CORP. Ticker: GENZ Security ID: 372917104 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Henry E. Blair For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gail K. Boudreaux For For Management 2 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 3 Approve Stock Option Plan For Against Management 4 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 5 Increase Authorized Preferred Stock For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 Limit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Against Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., THE Ticker: GS Security ID: 38141G104 Meeting Date: MAR 31, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 2, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lord Browne Of Madingley For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Claes Dahlback For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James A. Johnson For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUIDANT CORP. Ticker: GDT Security ID: 401698105 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 11, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Maurice A. Cox, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Nancy-Ann Min DeParle For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ronald W. Dollens For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Enrique C. Falla For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson, For For Management Ph.D. 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IAC / INTERACTIVECORP Ticker: IACI Security ID: 45840Q101 Meeting Date: JUN 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 29, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard N. Barton For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert R. Bennett For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Edgar Bronfman, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Barry Diller For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Victor A. Kaufman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Donald R. Keough For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Marie-Josee Kravis For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John C. Malone For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Steven Rattner For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Gen. H.N. Schwarzkopf For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Alan G. Spoon For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Diane Von Furstenberg For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. Ticker: ITW Security ID: 452308109 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William F. Aldinger For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Birck For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Marvin D. Brailsford For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James R. Cantalupo For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Don H. Davis, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director W. James Farrell For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert S. Morrison For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Harold B. Smith For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTEL CORP. Ticker: INTC Security ID: 458140100 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Craig R. Barrett For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charlene Barshefsky For For Management 1.3 Elect Director E. John P. Browne For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Andrew S. Grove For For Management 1.5 Elect Director D. James Guzy For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Reed E. Hundt For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Paul S. Otellini For For Management 1.8 Elect Director David S. Pottruck For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Jane E. Shaw For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John L. Thornton For For Management 1.11 Elect Director David B. Yoffie For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder 5 Limit/Prohibit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 6 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. Ticker: IBM Security ID: 459200101 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Cathleen Black For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Carlos Ghosn For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Nannerl O. Keohane For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John B. Slaughter For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Joan E. Spero For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Sidney Taurel For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Charles M. Vest For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Lorenzo H. Zambrano For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors for the Company's For For Management Business Consulting Services Unit 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 6 Amend Pension and Retirement Medical Against Against Shareholder Insurance Plans 7 Submit Executive Compensation to Vote Against Against Shareholder 8 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder 9 Limit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 10 China Principles Against Against Shareholder 11 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities 12 Report on Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHNSON & JOHNSON Ticker: JNJ Security ID: 478160104 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gerard N. Burrow For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Mary S. Coleman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James G. Cullen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Darretta For For Management 1.5 Elect Director M. Judah Folkman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ann D. Jordan For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Arnold G. Langbo For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Leo F. Mullin For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Steven S Reinemund For For Management 1.11 Elect Director David Satcher For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Henry B. Schacht For For Management 1.13 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Cease Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KOHL'S CORP. Ticker: KSS Security ID: 500255104 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Wayne Embry For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John F. Herma For For Management 1.3 Elect Director R. Lawrence Montgomery For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Frank V. Sica For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Performance-Based Stock/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder 4 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY Ticker: LAMR Security ID: 512815101 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Anna Reilly Cullinan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John Maxwell Hamilton For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert M. Jelenic For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Charles W. Lamar, III For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Stephen P. Mumblow For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas V. Reifenheiser For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP. Ticker: LLTC Security ID: 535678106 Meeting Date: NOV 5, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 8, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert H. Swanson, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David S. Lee For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Leo T. McCarthy For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard M. Moley For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Thomas S. Volpe For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. Ticker: MXIM Security ID: 57772K101 Meeting Date: NOV 13, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 15, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James R. Bergman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John F. Gifford For For Management 1.3 Elect Director B. Kipling Hagopian For For Management 1.4 Elect Director M. D. Sampels For For Management 1.5 Elect Director A. R. Frank Wazzan For For Management 2 Amend Stock Option Plan For Against Management 3 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MBNA CORP. Ticker: KRB Security ID: 55262L100 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 13, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James H. Berick For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Benjamin R. Civiletti For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Bruce L. Hammonds For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William L. Jews For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Randolph D. Lerner For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Stuart L. Markowitz For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William B. Milstead For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder 4 Require Majority of Independent Directors Against Against Shareholder on Board -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCAFEE INC. Ticker: MFE Security ID: 640938106 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert Dutkowsky For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Denis O'Leary For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert Pangia For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCAFEE INC. Ticker: MFE Security ID: 640938106 Meeting Date: DEC 16, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 13, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Leslie Denend For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George Samenuk For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 4 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDTRONIC, INC. Ticker: MDT Security ID: 585055106 Meeting Date: AUG 28, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 3, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard H. Anderson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael R. Bonsignore For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gordon M. Sprenger For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MELLON FINANCIAL CORP. Ticker: MEL Security ID: 58551A108 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 6, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jared L. Cohon For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ira J. Gumberg For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Martin G. Mcguinn For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David S. Shapira For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John P. Surma For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Edward J. Mcaniff For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORP. Ticker: MERQ Security ID: 589405109 Meeting Date: DEC 10, 2003 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: OCT 31, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management 2 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORP. Ticker: MERQ Security ID: 589405109 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Amnon Landan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Igal Kohavi For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Clyde Ostler For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Yair Shamir For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Giora Yaron For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Anthony Zingale For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. Ticker: MER Security ID: 590188108 Meeting Date: APR 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David K. Newbigging For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph W. Prueher For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC. Ticker: MCHP Security ID: 595017104 Meeting Date: AUG 15, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 20, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Steve Sanghi For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Albert J. Hugo-Martinez For For Management 1.3 Elect Director L.B. Day For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Matthew W. Chapman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Wade F. Meyercord For For Management 2 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 3 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MICROSOFT CORP. Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104 Meeting Date: NOV 11, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 12, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William H. Gates, III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr., Ph.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ann McLaughlin Korologos For For Management 1.6 Elect Director David F. Marquardt For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Dr. Helmut Panke For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Wm. G. Reed, Jr. For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Jon A. Shirley For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 4 Refrain from Giving Charitable Against Against Shareholder Contributions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK TIMES CO., THE Ticker: NYT Security ID: 650111107 Meeting Date: APR 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 17, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Raul E. Cesan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William E. Kennard For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas Middelhoff For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Henry B. Schacht For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Donald M. Stewart For For Management 2 Approve A Non-Employee Director Stock For For Management Incentive Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN TRUST CORP. Ticker: NTRS Security ID: 665859104 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Duane L. Burnham For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dolores E. Cross For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert S. Hamada For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert A. Helman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Dipak C. Jain For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Arthur L. Kelly For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Robert C. Mccormack For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Edward J. Mooney For For Management 1.10 Elect Director William A. Osborn For For Management 1.11 Elect Director John W. Rowe For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Harold B. Smith For For Management 1.13 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: NVLS Security ID: 670008101 Meeting Date: APR 16, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 17, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard S. Hill For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Neil R. Bonke For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Youssef A. El-Mansy For For Management 1.4 Elect Director J. David Litster For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Yoshio Nishi For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Glen G. Possley For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Ann D. Rhoads For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William R. Spivey For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Delbert A. Whitaker For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Provision of Non-Audit Services by Against Against Shareholder Independent Auditors 4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORACLE CORP. Ticker: ORCL Security ID: 68389X105 Meeting Date: OCT 13, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 21, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Donald L. Lucas For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jack F. Kemp For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey Berg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Safra Catz For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Hector Garcia-Molina For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Joseph A. Grundfest For For Management 1.10 Elect Director H. Raymond Bingham For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock For Against Management Plan 5 Implement China Principles Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, INC. Ticker: OSI Security ID: 689899102 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John A. Brabson, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lee Roy Selmon For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACIFIC SUNWEAR OF CALIFORNIA, INC. Ticker: PSUN Security ID: 694873100 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Sally Frame Kasaks For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Peter Starrett For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas M. Murnane For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEPSICO, INC. Ticker: PEP Security ID: 713448108 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John F. Akers For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert E. Allen For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ray L. Hunt For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Arthur C. Martinez For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Indra K. Nooyi For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Franklin D. Raines For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Steven S. Reinemund For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Sharon Percy Rockefeller For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James J. Schiro For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Cynthia M. Trudell For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Solomon D. Trujillo For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Daniel Vasella For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities 5 Report on Operational Impact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder TB, and Malaria Pandemic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PETSMART Ticker: PETM Security ID: 716768106 Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 12, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Barbara A. Munder For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas G. Stemberg For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Nancy J. Pedot For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jeffery W. Yabuki For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Rita V. Foley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PFIZER INC. Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management 1.2 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William H. Gray III For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William R. Howell For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Stanley O. Ikenberry For For Management 1.9 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Henry A. Mckinnell For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Franklin D. Raines For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons For For Management 1.14 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Jean-Paul Valles For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Report on Operational Impact of HIV/AIDS, Against Against Shareholder TB, and Malaria Pandemic 5 Cease Political Contributions/Activities Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions/Activities 7 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder 8 Report on Drug Pricing Against Against Shareholder 9 Limit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder 10 Amend Animal Testing Policy Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE Ticker: PG Security ID: 742718109 Meeting Date: OCT 14, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 1, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Norman R. Augustine For For Management 1.2 Elect Director A.G. Lafley For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Johnathan A. Rodgers For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John F. Smith, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Margaret C. Whitman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management Stock Plan 4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder 5 Label Genetically Engineered Foods Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUALCOMM INC. Ticker: QCOM Security ID: 747525103 Meeting Date: MAR 2, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 2, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Adelia A. Coffman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Raymond V. Dittamore For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Irwin Mark Jacobs For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard Sulpizio For For Management 2 Amend Stock Option Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLM CORP. Ticker: SLM Security ID: 78442P106 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Charles L. Daley For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William M. Diefenderfer, For For Management III 1.3 Elect Director Thomas J. Fitzpatrick For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Edward A. Fox For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Diane Suitt Gilleland For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Earl A. Goode For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Ann Torre Grant For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Ronald F. Hunt For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Albert L. Lord For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Barry A. Munitz For For Management 1.12 Elect Director A. Alexander Porter, Jr. For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Wolfgang Schoellkopf For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Steven L. Shapiro For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Barry L. Williams For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. Ticker: LUV Security ID: 844741108 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Herbert D. Kelleher For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Rollin W. King For For Management 1.3 Elect Director June M. Morris For For Management 1.4 Elect Director C. Webb Crockett For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William P. Hobby For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Travis C. Johnson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPRINT CORP. Ticker: FON Security ID: 852061506 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 20, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gordon M. Bethune For For Management 1.2 Elect Director E. Linn Draper, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Deborah A. Henretta For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Linda Koch Lorimer For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Performance- Based/Indexed Options Against Against Shareholder 4 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Foreign Outsourcing Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STAPLES, INC. Ticker: SPLS Security ID: 855030102 Meeting Date: JUN 17, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Arthur M. Blank For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Gary L. Crittenden For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Martin Trust For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Paul F. Walsh For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 4 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote 7 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote 8 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 9 Prohibit Auditor from Providing Non-Audit Against Against Shareholder Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC. Ticker: HOT Security ID: 85590A203 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Eric Hippeau For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Daniel Yih For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Kneeland Youngblood For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMANTEC CORP. Ticker: SYMC Security ID: 871503108 Meeting Date: AUG 21, 2003 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 8, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Tania Amochaev For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William Coleman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Dr. Per-Kristian Halvorsen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David Mahoney For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert S. Miller For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Bill Owens For For Management 1.7 Elect Director George Reyes For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Daniel H. Schulman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John W. Thompson For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For Against Management 3 Amend Stock Option Plan For Against Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TARGET CORPORATION Ticker: TGT Security ID: 87612E106 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Calvin Darden For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michele J. Hooper For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Warren R. Staley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. Ticker: TXN Security ID: 882508104 Meeting Date: APR 15, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 17, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James R. Adams For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David L. Boren For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Daniel A. Carp For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Engibous For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Gerald W. Fronterhouse For For Management 1.6 Elect Director David R. Goode For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Wayne R. Sanders For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Richard K. Templeton For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Christine Todd Whitman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Expense Stock Options Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THERMO ELECTRON CORP. Ticker: TMO Security ID: 883556102 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 26, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Marijn E. Dekkers For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert A. McCabe For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert W. O'Leary For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Limit Awards to Executives Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME WARNER INC Ticker: TWX Security ID: 887317105 Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James L. Barksdale For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stephen F. Bollenbach For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stephen M. Case For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Frank J. Caufield For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert C. Clark For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Miles R. Gilburne For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Carla A. Hills For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Reuben Mark For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Michael A. Miles For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Kenneth J. Novack For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For For Management 1.12 Elect Director R. E. Turner For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Francis T. Vincent, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Adopt China Principles Against Against Shareholder 4 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIACOM INC. Ticker: VIA Security ID: 925524308 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director George S. Abrams For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David R. Andelman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph A. Califano, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William S. Cohen For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Philippe P. Dauman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Alan C. Greenberg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Mel Karmazin For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Jan Leschly For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David T. McLaughlin For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Shari Redstone For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Sumner M. Redstone For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Frederic V. Salerno For For Management 1.13 Elect Director William Schwartz For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Patty Stonesifer For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Robert D. Walter For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 4 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAL-MART STORES, INC. Ticker: WMT Security ID: 931142103 Meeting Date: JUN 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James W. Breyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director M. Michele Burns For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas M. Coughlin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David D. Glass For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Roland A. Hernandez For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Dawn G. Lepore For For Management 1.7 Elect Director John D. Opie For For Management 1.8 Elect Director J. Paul Reason For For Management 1.9 Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr. For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Jack C. Shewmaker For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Jose H. Villarreal For For Management 1.12 Elect Director John T. Walton For For Management 1.13 Elect Director S. Robson Walton For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Christopher J. Williams For For Management 2 Approve Stock Option Plan For For Management 3 Approve Stock Option Plan For Against Management 4 Amend Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 7 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder 8 Report on Stock Option Distribution by Against Against Shareholder Race and Gender 9 Report on Genetically Modified Organisms Against Against Shareholder (GMO) 10 Prepare Diversity Report Against Against Shareholder 11 Submit Executive Compensation to Vote Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WALGREEN CO. Ticker: WAG Security ID: 931422109 Meeting Date: JAN 14, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 17, 2003 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David W. Bernauer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William C. Foote For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James J. Howard For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Alan G. McNally For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Cordell Reed For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Rein For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David Y. Schwartz For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John B. Schwemm For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Marilou M. von Ferstel For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Charles R. Walgreen III For For Management 2 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For Against Management Stock Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATERS CORP. Ticker: WAT Security ID: 941848103 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Joshua Bekenstein For For Management 1.2 Elect Director M.J. Berendt, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Philip Caldwell For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Edward Conard For For Management 1.6 Elect Director L.H. Glimcher, M.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William J. Miller For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Thomas P. Salice For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTWOOD ONE, INC. Ticker: WON Security ID: 961815107 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 13, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Norman J. Pattiz For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Mel Karmazin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph B. Smith For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dennis F. Holt For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Shane Coppola For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYETH Ticker: WYE Security ID: 983024100 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Clifford L. Alexander, For For Management Jr. 1.2 Elect Director Frank A. Bennack, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Richard L. Carrion For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert Essner For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John D. Feerick For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert Langer For For Management 1.7 Elect Director John P. Mascotte For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Mary Lake Polan For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley For For Management 1.11 Elect Director John R. Torell III For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Report on Drug Pricing Against Against Shareholder 4 Amend Animal Testing Policy Against Against Shareholder SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Registrant: MANAGED SECTORS VARIABLE ACCOUNT ----------------------------------------------------------- By (Signature and Title) ROBERT J. MANNING* ------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Manning, Principal Executive Officer Date: August 30, 2004 --------------- *By: JAMES F. DESMARAIS -------------------------------------------- Name: James F. DesMarais as Attorney-in-fact Executed by James F. DesMarais on behalf of Robert J. Manning pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated August 12, 2004.(1) ------------------ (1) Incorporated by reference to MFS Series Trust IX (File Nos. 2-50409 and 811-2464) Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 filed with the SEC via EDGAR on August 27, 2004.