EX-99.77C VOTES 2 votes.htm RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDER MEETING votes.htm

 
The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.

Form N-SAR Report for the Period Ended 1/31/08


Item 77-C (1)



Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

The Fund’s Annual Stockholders meeting was held on November 26, 2007, at 615 E. Michigan Street 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. As of October 15, 2007, the record date, outstanding shares of common and preferred stock were 3,474,168 and 1,429,336, respectively. Holders of 2,633,120 common shares and 1,157,536 preferred shares of the Fund were present at the meeting either in person or by proxy. These holders, as being holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, constituted a quorum. The stockholders voted on four proposals. The stockholders elected two Directors to the Board of Directors, one by each share class. Stockholders, voting as a single class, did not approve an increase to the annual investment advisory fee payable to Pichardo Asset Management, S.A. de C.V., approved the Board of Director’s adoption of a Managed Distribution Plan, and approved an amendment to the Fund’s Articles Supplementary to permit preferred shareholders, at their sole discretion, to convert some or all of their outstanding shares of the Fund’s preferred stock into shares of common stock at relative net asset value. The following table provides information concerning the matters voted on at the meeting:



I. Election of Directors

Common Stockholders
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
         
Gerald Hellerman
 
2,499,599
 
133,521


Preferred Stockholders
       
         
Glenn Goodstein
 
670,348
 
487,188

II. Approval of Increase in Annual Investment Advisory Fee

 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstained
 
Non Votes
Common Stockholders
621,879
 
890,940
 
47,825
 
1,072,476
               
Preferred Stockholders
179,396
 
601,954
 
800
 
375,386

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
III. Approval of the Board of Director’s Adoption of a Managed Distribution Plan


 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstained
 
Non Votes
Common Stockholders
1,334,084
 
182,089
 
44,472
 
1,072,476
               
Preferred Stockholders
764,616
 
16,379
 
1,155
 
375,386


IV. Approval of an Amendment to the Fund’s Articles Supplementary to PermitConversion of Preferred to Common Stock


 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstained
 
Non Votes
Common Stockholders
1,323,460
 
180,361
 
56,823
 
1,072,476
               
Preferred Stockholders
778,485
 
3,233
 
432
 
375,386