-----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, DGQp3hiHuhMhBMmMbdOuIlkXE2xz3q7TYq+IDa6NoYqMWFVtKxeJArPaa3Hw/EV8 Y0Xp3vy6Ssx3fU7N2ymg7w== 0000088053-05-001014.txt : 20050826 0000088053-05-001014.hdr.sgml : 20050826 20050826121951 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000088053-05-001014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050826 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050826 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20050826 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEW GERMANY FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000858706 IRS NUMBER: 133555471 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-05983 FILM NUMBER: 051050943 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-437-6269 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LENOX FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900115 N-PX 1 npx-newgermany.txt N-PX FILING UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF New Germany Fund, Inc. Investment Company Act file number 811-5983 New Germany Fund, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Two International Place Boston, MA 02110 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Carole Coleman Secretary 345 Park Avenue New York, NY 10154 (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-454-6901 Date of fiscal year end: 12/31 ----- Date of reporting period: 7/1/04-6/30/05 ---------------- Form N-PX is to be used by a registered management investment company, other than a small business investment company registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than August 31 of each year, containing the registrant's proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, pursuant to section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rule 30b1-4 thereunder (17 CFR 270.30b1-4). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-PX in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles. A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-PX, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-PX unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507. ProxyEdge - Investment Company Report Meeting Date Range: 07/01/2004 to 06/30/2005 Selected Accounts: The New Germany Fund
Vote Summary Report (Long) 07/01/04 to 06/30/05 Heidelberger Shares Voted Security Druckmaschinen 79,000 DE0007314007 Meeting Date 7/21/2004 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports 2 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For For 3 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For For 4 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors Mgmt For For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 5 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 500 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 22 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 6 Conversion Rights Mgmt For For Approve Affiliation Agreements with Subsidiaries (RCU-VV Vierzigste 7 Vermoegensverwaltung GmbH) Mgmt For For Suedzucker AG Shares Voted 230,000 Security DE0007297004 Meeting Date 7/29/2004 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.50 per Share Mgmt For For 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For For 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Elect Erhard Landes to the Supervisory 5 Board Mgmt For For 6 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors Mgmt For For GPC Biotech AG Shares Voted 160,000 Security DE0005851505 Meeting Date 8/31/2004 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports 2 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For For 3 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For For 4 Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors Mgmt For For 5 Elect James Frates to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 6 Remuneration Mgmt For For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached without Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 950,000 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 7 Conversion Rights Mgmt For For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 850,000 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 8 Conversion Rights Mgmt For For Approve Creation of EUR 1.6 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 9 Rights Mgmt For For Approve Creation of EUR 9.9 Million Pool of Conditional Capital with Preemptive 10 Rights Mgmt For For Ikb Deutsche Shares Voted Security Industriebank Ag 0 DE0008063306 Meeting Date 9/9/2004 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.80 per Share Mgmt For For 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For For 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 300 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 22.5 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 5 Conversion Rights Mgmt For For Approve Affiliation Agreements with a 6 Subsidiary (IKB Data GmbH) Mgmt For For Authorize Repurchase of up to Five Percent of Issued Share Capital for Trading 7 Purposes Mgmt For For Reelect Juergen Behrend and Ulrich Hartmann to the Supervisory Board; Elect Dieter Ammer and Mathias Kammueller, and Alexander von Tippelskirch to the 8 Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft 9 as Auditors Mgmt For For Techem AG Shares Voted 100,000 Security DE0005471601 Meeting Date 3/3/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal 2003/2004 Approve Allocation of Income and Omission 2 of Dividends Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2003/2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2003/2004 Mgmt For For Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft as 5 Auditors for Fiscal 2003/2004 Mgmt For For Elect Ursula Felten, Harald Bieler, Martin Ott, Volker Riebel, Horst Ziegler, and 6 Stefan Zuschke to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Against Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 7 Remuneration Scheme Mgmt For For Approve Merger by Absorption of Techem 8 Geschaeftsfuehrungs GmbH Mgmt For For Approve Affiliation Agreement with a 9 Subsidiary (Techem Energy Services GmbH) Mgmt For For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance or Cancellation of Repurchased 10 Shares Mgmt For For Douglas Holding AG Shares Voted 84,625 Security DE0006099005 Meeting Date 3/16/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal 2003/2004 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.00 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2003/2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2003/2004 Mgmt For For Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent of Issued Share Capital; Authorize Cancellation or Reissuance of Repurchased 5 Shares without Preemptive Rights Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: General Meeting (to 6a Reflect Pending German Legislation) Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Registration for General Meetings (to Reflect Pending 6b German Legislation) Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Chairmanship of General Meetings (to Reflect Pending German 6c Legislation) Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Voting by Authorized Representative and via Electronic Means to Comply with German Corporate Governance 7 Code Mgmt For For Ratify Susat & Partner OHG as Auditors for 8 Fiscal 2004/2005 Mgmt For For PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Shares Voted Security Sport 25,000 DE0006969603 Meeting Date 3/30/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.00 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH as 5 Auditors Mgmt For For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 2.4 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to 7 Guarantee Conversion Rights Mgmt For Against Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board 8 Members Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Designate Electronic Publications for Meeting Announcements and 9 Invitation to Shareholder Meetings Mgmt For For Merck KGAA Shares Voted 184,000 Security DE0006599905 Meeting Date 3/31/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal Year 2004 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory 2 Reports for Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR 0.80 per Share and Bonus Dividend 3 of EUR 0.20 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Personally Liable 4 Partners for Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 5 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft 6 AG as Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Mgmt For For Approve Affiliation Agreements with 7 Subsidiaries Mgmt For For 8 Adopt New Articles of Association Mgmt For For Approve Creation of EUR 64.3 Million Pool of Conditional Capital with Partial 9 Exclusion of Preemptive Rights Mgmt For For Mobilcom AG Shares Voted 22,000 Security DE0006622400 Meeting Date 4/22/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Management Proposals Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.25 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For For Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as 5 Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Mgmt For For 6a Elect Horst Dietz to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For 6b Elect Ulf Gaenger to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Elect Hans-Peter Kohlhammer to the 6c Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Elect Klaus Thiemann to the Supervisory 6d Board Mgmt For For 6e Elect Helmut Thoma to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For 6f Elect Dieter Vogel to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Elect Thomas Ingelmann as Alternate Member 6g to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Elect Klaus Kleinfeld as Alternate Member 6h to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Authorize EUR 174.7 Million Capitalization of Reserves; Approve EUR 174.7 Million 7 Reduction in Share Capital; Amend Articles Mgmt For For Approve Creation of EUR 32.9 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 8 Rights Mgmt For For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 600 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 28 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 9 Conversion Rights Mgmt For For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 10 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For For Change Location of Registered Office to 11a Buedelsdorf, Germany Mgmt For For Amend Articles to Increase Threshold for Removal of Supervisory Board Members from 11b Simple Majority to 3/4 Majority Mgmt For For Amend Articles to Increase Threshold for Proposals Regarding Fundamental Changes 11c from Simple Majority to 3/4 Majority Mgmt For For Authorize Board to Denominate Foundation 11d Fees of the Company in Euros Mgmt For For Shareholder Proposals Ratify Special Auditor to Review MC 12 Settlement Agreement ShrHoldr Against Against Authorize Claim of Compensation Against Management and Supervisory Board Members 13 as well as France Telecom ShrHoldr Against Against Balda AG Shares Voted 110,000 Security DE0005215107 Meeting Date 4/28/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal Year 2004 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.20 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent 5 of Issued Share Capital Mgmt For For 6 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For For Approve Affiliation Agreements with Subsidiaries (Balda Werkzeug- und Vorrichtungsbau GmbH, Saechsische Metall- und Kunststoffveredelungs GmbH, IPH 7 Werkzeugbau GmbH, ALBEA Beteiligungs-GmbH) Mgmt For For Ratify Westaudit AG as Auditors for Fiscal 8 2005 Mgmt For For Celesio AG (formerly Shares Voted Security Gehe AG) 94,000 DE0005858005 Meeting Date 4/29/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal 2004 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.20 per Share for Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors Mgmt For For Grenkeleasing AG Shares Voted 56,689 Security DE0005865901 Meeting Date 5/3/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.40 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Ratify Ernst & Young as Auditors for 5 Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For For Reelect Brigitte Straeter and Dieter Muench to the Supervisory Board; Elect Erwin Staudt and Oliver Nass to the 6 Supervisory Board Mgmt For For Approve Creation of EUR 8.5 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 7 Rights Mgmt For Against Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration for Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder 8 Lawsuits Regulation) Mgmt For For Depfa Bank plc Shares Voted 0 Security IE0072559994 Meeting Date 5/3/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Accept Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Mgmt For 2 Declare Final Dividend Mgmt For 3a Reelect Gerhard Bruckermann as Director Mgmt For 3b Reelect Richrad Brantner as Director Mgmt For 3c Reelect Frances Ruaneas Director Mgmt For 3d Reelect Hans Tietmeyer as Director Mgmt For Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of 4 Auditors Mgmt For HeidelbergCement AG Shares Voted 160,235 Security DE0006047004 Meeting Date 5/4/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.55 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for 5 Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Remuneration of 6 Supervisory Board Members Mgmt For For Rheinmetall AG (formerly Shares Voted Security Rheinmetall Berlin AG) 161,709 DE0007030033 Meeting Date 5/10/2005 Meeting Type EGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Meeting For Preferred Shareholders Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 1 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For For Approve Conversion of Preference Shares 2 into Common Shares Mgmt For For Schwarz Pharma AG Shares Voted 75,000 Security DE0007221905 Meeting Date 5/11/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.20 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for 5 Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance or Cancellation of Repurchased 6 Shares Mgmt For For Amend Authorized Capital by Extending Date 7 of Expiration Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration for Shareholder Meetings due to Pending Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of 8 Shareholder Lawsuits) Mgmt For For K+S AG Shares Voted 185,000 Security DE0007162000 Meeting Date 5/11/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.30 per Share Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For For 5 Ratify Deloitte & Touche GmbH as Auditors Mgmt For For Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 6 Remuneration Mgmt For For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 7 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For For Hugo Boss AG Shares Voted 130,000 Security DE0005245534 Meeting Date 5/11/2005 Meeting Type EGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Meeting For Preferred Shareholders Special Resolution for Preferred Shareholders: Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance of Repurchased 1 Shares Mgmt For For EADS, European Aeronautic Defence & Space N.V. Shares Voted 0 Security NL0000235190 Meeting Date 5/11/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Elect Bischoff, Lagardere, Enders, Forgeard, Gut, Ring, Ucelay, Gallois, Grube, David, and Rogowski to Board of 1 Directors Mgmt For Approve Board Report Including Chapter on Corporate Governance, Dividend Policy, and 2 Remuneration Policy Mgmt For Approve Financial Statements and Statutory 3 Reports Mgmt For Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR 0.50 Per Share; Approve Payment 4 Date of June 8, 2005 Mgmt For 5 Approve Discharge of Board of Directors Mgmt For Ratify Ernst & Young Accountants as 6 Auditors Mgmt For Amend Articles to Reflect Amendments to Book 2 of Dutch Civil Code on Two-tiered 7 Company Regime Mgmt For Grant Board Authority to Issue Authorized Yet Unissued Shares Up to 1 Percent of Authorized Share Capital for Stock Option 8 Plans and Employee Share Ownership Plans Mgmt For Approve Reduction in Share Capital via 9 Cancellation of 1.3 Million Shares Mgmt For Authorize Repurchase of Up to Five Percent 10 of Issued Share Capital Mgmt For Beiersdorf AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005200000 Meeting Date 5/18/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal 2004 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.60 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG as 5 Auditors Mgmt For Elect Rolf Kunisch and Andreas Rittstieg 6 to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 45 Million Pool of 7 Conditional Capital with Preemptive Rights Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 21 Million Pool of 8 Conditional Capital with Preemptive Rights Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 21 Million Pool of Conditional Capital III without Preemptive 9 Rights Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1 Billion with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 40 Million Pool of Conditional 10 Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 11 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For United Internet AG Shares Voted Security (formerly 1 & 1 Ag ) 0 DE0005089031 Meeting Date 5/18/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date 5/11/2005 Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports for Fiscal 2004 Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.20 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for 5 Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 29 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 7 Rights Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 500 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 23 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 8 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 750,000 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 9 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Reelect Kurt Dobitsch, Bernhard Dorn, and 10 Michael Scheeren to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Performance-Based Remuneration Plan for Supervisory Board 11 Members Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Registration for 12 Shareholder Meetings and Voting Procedures Mgmt For Hochtief AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006070006 Meeting Date 5/18/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.75 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors Mgmt For Elect Gerhard Cromme to the Supervisory 6a Board Mgmt For Elect Herbert Henzler to the Supervisory 6b Board Mgmt For Approve Cancellation of 1999 Share Capital 7 Authorization Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 8 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For 9 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 400 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 38.4 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 10 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 53.8 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 11 Rights Mgmt For Funkwerk AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005753149 Meeting Date 5/18/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.35 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify Roedl & Partner GmbH as Auditors 5 for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 367,965 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 7 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Calling of, Registration for, and Conducting of Shareholder Meetings due to Pending Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder 8 Lawsuits) Mgmt For Deutsche Postbank AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0008001009 Meeting Date 5/19/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date 5/12/2005 Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.25 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as 5 Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Mgmt For Elect Joerg Asmussen to the Supervisory 6 Board Mgmt For Authorize Repurchase of up to Five Percent of Issued Share Capital for Trading 7 Purposes Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 8 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Bilfinger Berger AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005909006 Meeting Date 5/19/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 5 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 250 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 11 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 6 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors and Ernst & Young AG as Group 7 Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Hypo Real Estate Holding Shares Voted Security AG 0 DE0008027707 Meeting Date 5/20/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR 0.35 per Common Share and 0.35 per 2 Preferred Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 5 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Convert Preferred Shares Without Voting Rights into Common Shares With Voting 6 Rights Mgmt For Special Resolution for Common Shareholders: Convert Preferred Shares Without Voting Rights into Common Shares 7 With Voting Rights Mgmt For Amend Corporate Purpose to Reflect Pending 8 Changes in German Banking Law Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Calling of, Registration for, and Conduct of Shareholder Meetings due to Pending Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder 9 Lawsuits) Mgmt For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft 10 as Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For GFK AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005875306 Meeting Date 5/24/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.30 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft 5 AG as Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Elect Stefan Pfander to the Supervisory 6 Board Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 7 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 45.9 Million Pool of Conditional Capital with Partial 8 Exclusion of Preemptive Rights Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Authorize Supervisory 9 Board to Make Editorial Changes to Articles Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Term Lengths of Supervisory Board Members Elected to Fill 10 Vacancies Mgmt For Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board 11 Members Mgmt For 12 Change Location of Shareholder Meetings Mgmt For Approve Affiliation Agreements with 13 Subsidiaries Mgmt For SolarWorld AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005108401 Meeting Date 5/25/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.36 per Share Mgmt For 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 5 Remuneration Scheme Mgmt For Ratify BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG as 6 Auditors Mgmt For Approve EUR 6.4 Million Capitalization of 7 Reserves Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 2.1 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 8 Rights Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 400 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 3.2 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 9 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Salzgitter AG (Preussag Shares Voted Security Stahl AG) 0 DE0006202005 Meeting Date 5/26/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.40 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as Auditors Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Affiliation Agreements with a 7a Subsidiary (Salzgitter Europlatinen GmbH) Mgmt For Approve Affiliation Agreements with a Subsidiary (Hoevelmann 7b Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH) Mgmt For MG Technologies AG (formerly Metallgesellschaft) Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006602006 Meeting Date 6/7/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Discharge of Management Board for 2 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Elect Louis Graf von Zech, Michael von Sperber, and Helmut Perlet to the 4 Supervisory Board Mgmt For Ratify Deloitte & Touche GmbH as Auditors 5 for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For 7 Adopt New Articles of Association Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration for Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Litigation 8 Law) Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Time Designation at Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity 9 and Modernization of Litigation Law) Mgmt For Pfeiffer Vacuum Shares Voted Security Technology AG 0 DE0006916604 Meeting Date 6/8/2005 Meeting Type EGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Ordinary Dividend of EUR 0.40 and Bonus Dividend of 2 EUR 0.50 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 11.3 Million Pool of Conditional Capital with Partial 5 Exclusion of Preemptive Rights Mgmt For 6 Adopt New Articles of Association Mgmt For Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for 7 Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For AWD Holding AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005085906 Meeting Date 6/8/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.25 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify BDO Warentreuhand AG as Auditors 5 for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Elect Michael Frenzel to the Supervisory 7 Board Mgmt For Approve Stock Option Plan for Management; Approve Creation of EUR 1.2 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 8 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 500 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 3.7 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 9 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key 10 Employees; Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration for Shareholder Meetings, and Conducting of Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of 11 Shareholder Lawsuits) Mgmt For GPC Biotech AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0005851505 Meeting Date 6/8/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Discharge of Management Board for 2 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for 4 Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Reelect Juergen Drews, Prabhavathi Fernandes and Metin Colpan to the 5 Supervisory Board Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 6 Remuneration Scheme Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached without Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 900,000 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 7 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 225,000 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 8 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 150 Million with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 6 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 9 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Registration for Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder 10 Lawsuits) Mgmt For Hannover Shares Voted Security Rueckversicherung AG 0 DE0008402215 Meeting Date 6/14/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date 6/9/2005 Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.00 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 5 Remuneration Scheme Mgmt For Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent 6 of Issued Share Capital Mgmt For 7 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Pfleiderer AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006764749 Meeting Date 6/14/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date 6/7/2005 Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Discharge of Management Board for 2 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Elect Wolfgang Haupt and Friedhelm Paefgen 4 to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board 5 Remuneration Scheme Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Calling of and Registration for Shareholder Meetings Due to Proposed Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of 6 Shareholder Lawsuits) Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 7 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft 8 AG as Auditors Mgmt For Stada Arzneimittel Ag Shares Voted 0 Security DE0007251803 Meeting Date 6/14/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date 6/7/2005 Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.39 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For 5 Ratify TREUROG GmbH as Auditors Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 69.4 Million Pool of Conditional Capital with a Partial 7 Exclusion of Preemptive Rights Mgmt For 8 Amend Corporate Purpose Mgmt For Qiagen N.V. Shares Voted 0 Security NL0000240000 Meeting Date 6/14/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast 1 Open Meeting 2 Receive Report of Management Board 3 Receive Report of Supervisory Board Approve Financial Statements and Statutory 4 Reports Mgmt For Receive Explanation of Company's Reserves 5 and Dividend Policy 6 Approve Discharge of Management Board Mgmt For 7 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board Mgmt For Reappoint Metin Colpan, Heinrich Hornef, Erik Hornnaess, Manfred Karobath, Detlev H. Riesner, Jochen Walter, and Franz A. 8 Wirtz to Supervisory Board Mgmt For Reappoint Peer M. Schatz, Joachim Schorr, 9 and Bernd Uder to Management Board Mgmt For Approve Remuneration Report Containing Remuneration Policy for Management Board 10 Members Mgmt For 11 Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board Mgmt For Approve Equity-Based Remuneration of 12 Supervisory Board Mgmt For 13 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors Mgmt For Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent 14 of Issued Share Capital Mgmt For 15 Amend Company Articles Mgmt For 16 Approve Amended and Restated Stock Plan Mgmt For 17 Allow Questions 18 Close Meeting MLP AG(frmly Marschollek, Lautenschlaeger und Partner AG) Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006569908 Meeting Date 6/21/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.22 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for 5 Fiscal Year 2005 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and 6 Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Mgmt For Suess MicroTec AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0007226706 Meeting Date 6/21/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Discharge of Management Board 2a Member Stephan Schulak for Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board Chair Stefan Schneidewind for Sept. 1, 2b 2004 - Dec. 31, 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft 4 AG as Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For 5 Elect Peter Heinz to the Supervisory Board Mgmt For Approve Affiliation Agreement with Subsidiary (Suss MicroTec Test Systems 6 GmbH) Mgmt For Approve EUR 58,100 Reduction of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 7 Rights Mgmt For Approve Stock Option Plan for Key Employees; Approve Creation of EUR 750,000 Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee 8 Conversion Rights Mgmt For Krones AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006335003 Meeting Date 6/22/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 1.30 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance or Cancellation of Repurchased 5 Shares Mgmt For Approve Merger by Absorption of Anton 6 Steinecker Maschinenfabrik GmbH Mgmt For Approve Merger by Absorption of Syskron 7 GmbH Mgmt For Ratify Bayerische Treuhandgesellschaft AG 8 as Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Interseroh AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006209901 Meeting Date 6/23/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends 2 of EUR 0.86 per Share Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Management Board for 3 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 4 Fiscal 2004 Mgmt For Ratify KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft 5 AG as Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Mgmt For Approve Decrease in Size of Supervisory Board from 12 to 9 Members; Amend Articles 6 to Reflect Reduction in Board Size Mgmt For Elect Friedrich Janssen to the Supervisory 7a Board Mgmt For Elect Axel Schweitzer to the Supervisory 7b Board Mgmt For Elect Friedrich Merz to the Supervisory 7c Board Mgmt For Elect Wolfgang Bosch to the Supervisory 7d Board Mgmt For Name Norbert Rethmann As Honorary 8 Supervisory Board Chairman Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Remuneration of 9 Supervisory Board Members Mgmt For Kontron AG Shares Voted 0 Security DE0006053952 Meeting Date 6/29/2005 Meeting Type AGM Record Date N/A Ballot Issues Proponent Mgmt Vote Rec Cast Receive Financial Statements and Statutory 1 Reports Approve Discharge of Management Board for 2 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for 3 Fiscal Year 2004 Mgmt For Ratify Deloitte & Touche GmbH as Auditors 4 for Fiscal Year 2005 Mgmt For Elect Rudolf Wieczorek to the Supervisory 5 Board Mgmt For Amend Articles Re: Remuneration of 6 Supervisory Board Members Mgmt For Authorize Share Repurchase Program and Reissuance or Cancellation of Repurchased 7 Shares Mgmt For Approve Creation of EUR 24 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive 8 Rights Mgmt For
SIGNATURES [See General Instruction F] 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) New Germany Fund, Inc. By (Signature and Title)* /s/Julian Sluyters ----------------------------------------------- Julian Sluyters, Chief Executive Officer Date 8/15/05 ------- * Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----