EX-99 3 asiapacific.htm Unassociated Document
 
 
 

Shareholder Meeting Results (Unaudited)
iSHARES®, INC.

Two separate special meetings of shareholders of iShares, Inc. were held on November 4, 2009. The shareholder meetings for all the Funds except for the iShares MSCI Australia, iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap and iShares MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index Funds, were adjourned until November 19, 2009.  The shareholder meetings for the iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan and iShares MSCI South Korea Index Funds were further adjourned until November 30, 2009, at which time the shareholders approved the new advisory agreement. The proposals acted upon by shareholders at the special meetings and the results of the shareholder vote were as follows:


First Meeting

Shareholders of the Funds approved Proposals 1 and 2.

Proposal 1
To approve a new investment advisory agreement between the Company and Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”), on behalf of each Fund, which took effect upon the consummation of the Barclays PLC binding agreement to sell its interest in BGFA and certain affiliated companies to BlackRock, Inc. (the “Transaction”).


iShares MSCI Index Fund
Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Abstaining
Broker
Non-Votes *
Australia
32,767,194
750,970
1,433,200
4,493,342
Hong Kong
64,067,601
747,119
613,136
3,937,283
Japan Small Cap
399,953
34,462
1,138
-
Malaysia
22,880,513
488,528
1,012,641
2,355,775
Pacific ex-Japan
42,898,251
632,446
456,308
2,735,283
Singapore
59,522,740
2,602,832
1,257,920
5,408,148
South Korea
27,678,404
402,147
360,225
1,462,810
Taiwan
132,831,296
639,322
811,459
5,770,002
Thailand Investable Market
1,342,645
13,321
13,384
-


Proposal 2
To approve a change in the classification of certain Funds’ investment objective from a fundamental investment policy to a non-fundamental investment policy.


iShares MSCI Index Fund
Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Abstaining
Broker
Non-Votes *
Australia
30,808,518
1,833,250
2,309,596
4,493,342
Hong Kong
61,212,227
2,117,753
2,097,876
3,937,283
Malaysia
22,476,761
803,733
1,101,188
2,355,775
Pacific ex-Japan
39,117,399
4,271,572
598,034
2,735,283
Singapore
56,913,788
3,748,662
2,721,042
5,408,148
South Korea
27,102,604
704,061
634,112
1,462,810
Taiwan
126,783,493
6,060,007
1,438,577
5,770,002

 
 
 


Second Meeting

This proposal was approved by the shareholders of the Company on November 4, 2009.  All nominees who previously served as Directors of the Company were re-elected and the term of their election commenced immediately.  Robert S. Kapito was newly elected as a Director to the Company and the term of his election took effect upon the consummation of the Transaction.

Proposal 1**
To elect a Board of Directors of the Company.


Independent Director
Votes For
Votes Withheld
George G.C. Parker
1,597,646,058
46,083,560
J. Darrell Duffie
1,517,311,684
126,417,934
Cecilia H. Herbert
1,599,757,544
43,972,074
Charles A. Hurty
1,599,463,459
44,266,159
John E. Kerrigan
1,599,938,757
43,790,861
John E. Martinez
1,599,890,206
43,839,412
Robert H. Silver
1,601,631,280
42,098,338


Interested Director
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Robert S. Kapito
1,600,119,598
43,610,020
Lee T. Kranefuss
1,117,041,744
526,687,874

 
 
*
Broker non-votes are proxies received by the Fund from brokers or nominees who did not receive instructions from the beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote and who have no discretionary power to vote on a particular matter.  Broker non-votes have the effect of a vote against the proposal.

  **           Denotes Company-wide proposal and voting results.