N-PX 1 d811-00126_06.txt 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: 811-00126 AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Alliance Capital Management L.P. 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York l0105 (Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 221-5672 MARK R. MANLEY Alliance Capital Management L.P. 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York l0105 (Name and address of agent for service) Copies of communications to: Patricia A. Poglinco Seward & Kissel LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, New York 10004 Date of fiscal year end: October 31 Date of reporting period: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006 Item 1. Proxy Voting Record. ******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT ******************************* ICA File Number: 811-00126 Reporting Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006 AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Fund, Inc. ================ ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND, INC. ================ ACE LTD. Ticker: ACE Security ID: G0070K103 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael G. Atieh For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Mary A. Cirillo For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Bruce L. Crockett For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Neff For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Gary M. Stuart For For Management 2 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO ACE LIMITED For For Management EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN. 3 RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF For For Management PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF ACE LIMITED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2006. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC. Ticker: APD Security ID: 009158106 Meeting Date: JAN 26, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 30, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mario L. Baeza For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Edward E. Hagenlocker For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Terrence Murray For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. Ticker: MO Security ID: 02209S103 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Elizabeth E. Bailey For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Harold Brown For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri For For Management 1.5 Elect Director J. Dudley Fishburn For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert E. R. Huntley For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas W. Jones For For Management 1.8 Elect Director George Munoz For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John S. Reed For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 4 Adopt ILO Standards Against Against Shareholder 5 Inform African Americans of Health Risks Against Against Shareholder Associated with Menthol Cigarettes 6 Establish Fire Safety Standards for Against Against Shareholder Cigarettes 7 Adopt Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 8 Support Legislation to Reduce Smoking Against Against Shareholder 9 Provide Information on Second Hand Smoke Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. Ticker: AIG Security ID: 026874107 Meeting Date: AUG 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 24, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director M. Aidinoff For For Management 1.2 Elect Director P. Chia For For Management 1.3 Elect Director M. Cohen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. Cohen For For Management 1.5 Elect Director M. Feldstein For For Management 1.6 Elect Director E. Futter For For Management 1.7 Elect Director S. Hammerman For For Management 1.8 Elect Director C. Hills For For Management 1.9 Elect Director R. Holbrooke For For Management 1.10 Elect Director D. Kanak For For Management 1.11 Elect Director G. Miles, Jr For For Management 1.12 Elect Director M. Offit For For Management 1.13 Elect Director M. Sullivan For For Management 1.14 Elect Director E. Tse For For Management 1.15 Elect Director F. Zarb For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. Ticker: AIG Security ID: 026874107 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Pei-yuan Chia For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Marshall A. Cohen For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Martin S. Feldstein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Stephen L. Hammerman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Richard C. Holbrooke For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer For For Management 1.8 Elect Director George L. Miles, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Morris W. Offit For For Management 1.10 Elect Director James F. Orr, III For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Martin J. Sullivan For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Michael H. Sutton For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Edmund S.W. Tse For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Robert B. Willumstad For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Frank G. Zarb For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APACHE CORP. Ticker: APA Security ID: 037411105 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frederick M. Bohen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George D. Lawrence For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Rodman D. Patton For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Charles J. Pitman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jay A. Precourt For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLERA CORP Ticker: CRA Security ID: 038020103 Meeting Date: OCT 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 1, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard H. Ayers For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jean-Luc Belingard For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert H. Hayes For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Arnold J. Levine For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William H. Longfield For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Theodore E. Martin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Carolyn W. Slayman For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Orin R. Smith For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James R. Tobin For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Tony L. White For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T INC Ticker: T Security ID: 00206R102 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William F. Aldinger, III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Gilbert F. Amelio For For Management 1.3 Elect Director August A. Busch, III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Martin K. Eby, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James A. Henderson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Jon C. Madonna For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John B. McCoy For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Mary S. Metz For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Toni Rembe For For Management 1.12 Elect Director S. Donley Ritchey For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Joyce M. Roche For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Randall L. Stephenson For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Laura D'Andrea Tyson For For Management 1.16 Elect Director Patricia P. Upton For For Management 1.17 Elect Director Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For For Management 5 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 7 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder 8 Non-Employee Director Compensation Against Against Shareholder 9 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Against For Shareholder Control) to shareholder Vote 10 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD Ticker: AXS Security ID: G0692U109 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Michael A. Butt as Director For For Management 1.2 Elect John R. Charman as Director For For Management 1.3 Elect Charles A. Davis as Director For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Deloitte Touche LLP as Auditor and For For Management Authorize the Board to Fix their Remuneration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED Ticker: BHI Security ID: 057224107 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Larry D. Brady For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Chad C. Deaton For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Edward P. Djerejian For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Anthony G. Fernandes For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Claire W. Gargalli For For Management 1.7 Elect Director James A. Lash For For Management 1.8 Elect Director James F. McCall For For Management 1.9 Elect Director J. Larry Nichols For For Management 1.10 Elect Director H. John Riley, Jr. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Charles L. Watson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Amend Vote Requirements to Amend Against For Shareholder Articles/Bylaws/Charter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANK OF AMERICA CORP. Ticker: BAC Security ID: 060505104 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William Barnet, III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John T. Collins For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Tommy R. Franks For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Paul Fulton For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Management 1.8 Elect Director W. Steven Jones For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Kenneth D. Lewis For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Walter E. Massey For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Patricia E. Mitchell For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management 1.15 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. For For Management 1.16 Elect Director Meredith R. Spangler For For Management 1.17 Elect Director Robert L. Tillman For For Management 1.18 Elect Director Jackie M. Ward For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Publish Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 5 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 6 Provide for an Independent Chairman Against For Shareholder 7 Exclude Reference to Sexual Orientation Against Against Shareholder from the Company's EEO Statement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., THE Ticker: BK Security ID: 064057102 Meeting Date: APR 11, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 21, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frank J. Biondi For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassel For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski For For Management 1.6 Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director John C. Malone For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Paul Myners For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Thomas A. Renyi For For Management 1.11 Elect Director William C. Richardson For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Brian l. Roberts For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Samuel C. Scott, III For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Richard C. Vaughan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Reimbursement of Expenses of Opposition Against Against Shareholder Candidates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BELLSOUTH CORP. Ticker: BLS Security ID: 079860102 Meeting Date: APR 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director F. D. Ackerman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director R. V. Anderson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director J. H. Blanchard For For Management 1.4 Elect Director J. H. Brown For For Management 1.5 Elect Director A. M. Codina For For Management 1.6 Elect Director M. L. Feidler For For Management 1.7 Elect Director K. F. Feldstein For For Management 1.8 Elect Director J. P. Kelly For For Management 1.9 Elect Director L. F. Mullin For For Management 1.10 Elect Director R. B. Smith For For Management 1.11 Elect Director W. S. Stavropoulos For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Political Contributions/Activities Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Ticker: BSX Security ID: 101137107 Meeting Date: MAR 31, 2006 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: FEB 22, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 2 Issue Shares in Connection with an For For Management Acquisition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Ticker: BSX Security ID: 101137107 Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John E. Abele For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joel L. Fleishman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ernest Mario For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Uwe E. Reinhardt For For Management 2.1 Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D. For For Management 2.2 Elect Director Nancy-Ann DeParle For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUILDING MATERIAL HOLDING CORP. Ticker: BMHC Security ID: 120113105 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert E. Mellor For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Alec F. Beck For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Sara L. Beckman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Eric S. Belsky For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James K. Jennings, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Norman J. Metcalfe For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David M. Moffett For For Management 1.8 Elect Director R. Scott Morrison, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Peter S. O'Neill For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Richard G. Reiten For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARNIVAL CORP. Ticker: CCL Security ID: 143658300 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 21, 2006 # 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 Richard J. Glasier For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Baroness Hogg For For Management 1.9 Elect Director A. Kirk Lanterman For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Modesto A. Maidique For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Sir John Parker For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Peter G. Ratcliffe 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 TO THE REMUNERATION OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. 4 TO RECEIVE THE ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS FOR For For Management CARNIVAL PLC FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2005. 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. 8 TO APPROVE A GENERAL AUTHORITY FOR For For Management CARNIVAL PLC TO BUY BACK CARNIVAL PLC ORDINARY SHARES IN THE OPEN MARKET. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS CORP Ticker: CBS.A Security ID: 124857202 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David R. Andelman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph A. Califano, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William S. Cohen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Philippe P. Dauman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Bruce S. Gordon For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Leslie Moonves For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Shari Redstone For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Sumner M. Redstone For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Ann N. Reese For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Judith A. Sprieser For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Robert D. Walter For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Option Exchange Offer For Against Management 4 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For Against Management Plan 5 Amend Non-Employee Director Restricted For Against Management Stock Plan 6 Company-Specific -- Adopt a Against For Shareholder Recapitalization Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEVRON CORPORATION Ticker: CVX Security ID: 166764100 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Linnet F. Deily For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert E. Denham For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Eaton For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Sam Ginn For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Franklyn G. Jenifer For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Sam Nunn For For Management 1.8 Elect Director David J. O'Reilly For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Donald B. Rice For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Peter J. Robertson For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Charles R. Shoemate For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Carl Ware For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Company-Specific-Reimbursement of Against Abstain Shareholder Stockholder Proposal 4 Report on Environmental Impact of Against Against Shareholder Drilling in Sensitive Areas 5 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 6 Adopt an Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 7 Adopt a Human Rights Policy Against Against Shareholder 8 Report on Remediation Expenses in Ecuador Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITIGROUP INC. Ticker: C Security ID: 172967101 Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2006 # 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 Klaus Kleinfeld For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Dudley C. Mecum For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management 1.14 Elect Director Dr. Judith Rodin For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Robert E. Rubin For For Management 1.16 Elect Director Franklin A. Thomas For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 6 End Issuance of Options and Prohibit Against Against Shareholder Repricing 7 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 8 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder 9 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against Against Shareholder 10 Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred by Against Against Shareholder Shareholder(s) 11 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 12 Clawback of Payments Under Restatement Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. Ticker: CL Security ID: 194162103 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 7, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John T. Cahill For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jill K. Conway For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David W. Johnson For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Delano E. Lewis For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Reuben Mark For For Management 1.8 Elect Director J. Pedro Reinhard For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Howard B. Wentz, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Non-Employee Director Stock For For Management Option Plan 4 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 5 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMCAST CORP. Ticker: CMCSA Security ID: 20030N101 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director S. Decker Anstrom For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Kenneth J. Bacon For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Sheldon M. Bonovitz For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Edward D. Breen For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Julian A. Brodsky For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Joseph J. Collins For For Management 1.7 Elect Director J. Michael Cook For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Jeffrey A. Honickman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Brian L. Roberts For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Ralph J. Roberts For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Judith Rodin For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Michael I. Sovern For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 4 Amend Restricted Stock Plan For For Management 5 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 6 Put Repricing of Stock Options to Against Against Shareholder Shareholder Vote 7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 8 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 9 Company-Specific-Adopt Recapitalization Against For Shareholder Plan 10 Establish Other Board Committee Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONOCOPHILLIPS Ticker: COP Security ID: 20825C104 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard L. Armitage For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Auchinleck For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Harald J. Norvik For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William K. Reilly For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Victoria J. Tschinkel For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Kathryn C. Turner For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Report Damage Resulting From Drilling Against Against Shareholder Inside the National Petroleum Reserve 4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 5 Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement Against Against Shareholder Plans to Shareholder vote 6 Report Accountability for Company's Against Against Shareholder Environmental Impacts due to Operation 7 Non-Employee Director Compensation Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELI LILLY AND CO. Ticker: LLY Security ID: 532457108 Meeting Date: APR 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 15, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Martin S. Feldstein, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director J. Erik Fyrwald For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ellen R. Marram For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Sidney Taurel For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Report on Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 4 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder 6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMC CORP. Ticker: EMC Security ID: 268648102 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gail Deegan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Windle B. Priem For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Alfred M. Zeien For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 4 Performance-Based and/or Time-Based Against For Shareholder Equity Awards 5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder 6 Limit Composition of Committee(s) to Against Against Shareholder Independent Directors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. Ticker: EMR Security ID: 291011104 Meeting Date: FEB 7, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 29, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director A. A. Busch,III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director A. F. Golden For For Management 1.3 Elect Director V. R. Loucks, Jr For For Management 1.4 Elect Director J. B. Menzer For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Submit Severance Agreement Against For Shareholder (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXELON CORP. Ticker: EXC Security ID: 30161N101 Meeting Date: JUL 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 2, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Issue Shares in Connection with an For For Management Acquisition 2.1 Elect Director Edward A. Brennan For For Management 2.2 Elect Director Bruce De Mars For For Management 2.3 Elect Director Nelson A. Diaz For For Management 2.4 Elect Director John W. Rowe For For Management 2.5 Elect Director Ronald Rubin For For Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 6 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 7 Adjourn Meeting For Against Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXXON MOBIL CORP. Ticker: XOM Security ID: 30231G102 Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William W. George For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James R. Houghton For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William R. Howell For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Reatha Clark King For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Philip E. Lippincott For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Marilyn Carlson Nelson For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley For For Management 1.11 Elect Director J. Stephen Simon For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Rex W. Tillerson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 5 Company-Specific-Nominate Independent Against Against Shareholder Director with Industry Experience 6 Require Director Nominee Qualifications Against Against Shareholder 7 Non-Employee Director Compensation Against Against Shareholder 8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 9 Review Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 10 Link Executive Compensation to Social Against Against Shareholder Issues 11 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 12 Report on Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder 13 Amend Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Against For Shareholder to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation 14 Report on Damage Resulting from Drilling Against Against Shareholder for Oil and gas in Protected Areas 15 Report Accountability for Company's Against Against Shareholder Environmental Impacts due to Operation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION Ticker: FE Security ID: 337932107 Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 21, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Anthony J. Alexander For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director Carol A. Cartwright For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director William T. Cottle For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert B. Heisler, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Russell W. Maier For Withhold Management 1.6 Elect Director George M. Smart For Withhold Management 1.7 Elect Director Wes M. Taylor For Withhold Management 1.8 Elect Director Jesse T. Williams, Sr. For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder 4 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Against For Shareholder Control) to shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISERV, INC. Ticker: FISV Security ID: 337738108 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 20, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Daniel P. Kearney For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jeffery W. Yabuki For For Management 1.3 Elect Director L. William Seidman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOREST LABORATORIES, INC. Ticker: FRX Security ID: 345838106 Meeting Date: AUG 8, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 21, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Howard Solomon For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William J. Candee, III For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George S. Cohan For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dan L. Goldwasser For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Lester B. Salans For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Kenneth E. Goodman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORTUNE BRANDS, INC. Ticker: FO Security ID: 349631101 Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Patricia O. Ewers For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Eugene A. Renna For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David M. Thomas For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Declassify the Board of Directors Against For Shareholder 4 Performance-Based and/or Time-Based Against Against Shareholder Equity Awards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAP, INC., THE Ticker: GPS Security ID: 364760108 Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 13, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Howard P. Behar For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Adrian D. P. Bellamy For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Domenico De Sole For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Donald G. Fisher For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Doris F. Fisher For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert J. Fisher For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Penelope L. Hughes For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Bob L. Martin For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Jorge P. Montoya For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Paul S. Pressler For For Management 1.11 Elect Director James M. Schneider For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Mayo A. Shattuck, III For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ticker: GE Security ID: 369604103 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Sir William M. Castell 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 Robert W. Lane 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 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Adopt Policy on Overboarded Directors Against Against Shareholder 5 Company-Specific -- One Director from the Against Against Shareholder Ranks of the Retirees 6 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 7 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 8 Report on Environmental Policies Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLOBAL SANTA FE CORP.(FORMERLY SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORP) Ticker: GSF Security ID: G3930E101 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Thomas W. Cason For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jon A. Marshall For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Carroll W. Suggs For For Management 2 AMEND THE COMPANY S AMENDED AND RESTATED For For Management ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, AS AMENDED TO DATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ISSUANCE OF PREFERENCE SHARES IS NOT A VARIATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES AND TO MAKE A RELATED CLARIFYING CHANGE, AND AMEND 3 AMEND THE EXISTING ARTICLES OF For For Management ASSOCIATION TO INCREASE THE COMPANY S FLEXIBILITY IN REPURCHASING ITS SHARES. 4 AMEND THE EXISTING ARTICLES OF For For Management ASSOCIATION TO DELETE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS RELATING TO KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES. 5 AMEND THE EXISTING MEMORANDUM OF For For Management ASSOCIATION AND THE EXISTING ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION TO CLARIFY, UPDATE AND MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 6 AMEND AND RESTATE THE EXISTING MEMORANDUM For For Management OF ASSOCIATION AND THE EXISTING ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION TO INCORPORATE ALL PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS THERETO. 7 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., THE Ticker: GS Security ID: 38141G104 Meeting Date: MAR 31, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 30, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lord Browne Ofmadingley For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John H. Bryan For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Claes Dahlback For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Stephen Friedman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William W. George For For Management 1.7 Elect Director James A. Johnson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Lois D. Juliber For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Edward M. Liddy For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Henry M. Paulson, Jr. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons For For Management 2 Amend Restricted Partner Compensation For For Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. Ticker: HMA Security ID: 421933102 Meeting Date: FEB 21, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 23, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William J. Schoen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph V. Vumbacco For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Kent P.Dauten For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Donald E. Kiernan For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert A. Knox For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William E. Mayberry, M.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Vicki A. O'Meara For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Randolph W. Westerfield, For For Management Ph.D. 2 Approve Non-Employee Director Restricted For For Management Stock Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HILTON HOTELS CORP. Ticker: HLT Security ID: 432848109 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 29, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Christine Garvey For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Peter M. George For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Barron Hilton For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John L. Notter For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 4 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME DEPOT, INC. (THE) Ticker: HD Security ID: 437076102 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gregory D. Brenneman For Withhold Management 1.2 Elect Director John L. Clendenin For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Claudio X. Gonzalez For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Milledge A. Hart, III For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Bonnie G. Hill For Withhold Management 1.6 Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. For Withhold Management 1.7 Elect Director Lawrence R. Johnston For Withhold Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenneth G. Langone For Withhold Management 1.9 Elect Director Angelo R. Mozilo For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Robert L. Nardelli For Withhold Management 1.11 Elect Director Thomas J. Ridge For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder Compensation 4 Report on EEOC-Related Activities Against Against Shareholder 5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 7 Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement Against Against Shareholder Plans to Shareholder vote 8 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 9 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder Compensation 10 Affirm Political Non-partisanship Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. Ticker: ITW Security ID: 452308109 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 7, 2006 # 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 Susan Crown For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Don H. Davis, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Robert S. Morrison For For Management 1.8 Elect Director James A. Skinner For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Harold B. Smith For For Management 1.10 Elect Director David B. Speer For For Management 2 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Adopt/ Implement China Principles Against Against Shareholder 6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. Ticker: IBM Security ID: 459200101 Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2006 # 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 Juergen Dormann For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael L. Eskew For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Minoru Makihara For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Lucio A. Noto For For Management 1.8 Elect Director James W. Owens For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Samuel J. Palmisano For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Joan E. Spero For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Sidney Taurel For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Charles M. Vest For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Lorenzo H. Zambrano For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Evaluate Age Discrimination in Retirement Against Against Shareholder Plans 5 Time-Based Equity Awards Against For Shareholder 6 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against For Shareholder Compensation 7 Report on Outsourcing Against Against Shareholder 8 Implement/ Increase Activity on the China Against Against Shareholder Principles 9 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 10 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 11 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100 Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John H. Biggs For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James Dimon For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John W. Kessler For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Robert I. Lipp For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Richard A. Manoogian For For Management 1.12 Elect Director David C. Novak For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management 1.14 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Put Repricing of Stock Options to Against Against Shareholder Shareholder Vote 4 Performance-Based Equity Awards Against For Shareholder 5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 6 Remove Reference to Sexual Orientation Against Against Shareholder from EEO Statement 7 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder Special Meetings 8 Report on Lobbying Activities Against Against Shareholder 9 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 10 Approve Terms of Existing Poison Pill Against Against Shareholder 11 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 12 Claw-back of Payments under Restatements Against Against Shareholder 13 Require Director Nominee Qualifications Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. Ticker: JNPR Security ID: 48203R104 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 21, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Scott Kriens For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stratton Sclavos For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William R. Stensrud For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOEWS CORP. Ticker: LTR Security ID: 540424207 Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ann E. Berman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph L. Bower For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Charles M. Diker For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Paul J. Fribourg For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Walter L. Harris For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Philip A. Laskawy For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Gloria R. Scott For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Andrew H. Tisch For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James S. Tisch For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Jonathan M. Tisch For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Prohibit Smoking in Public Facilities Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. Ticker: LOW Security ID: 548661107 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Peter C. Browning For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Marshall O. Larsen For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stephen F. Page For For Management 1.4 Elect Director O. Temple Sloan, Jr. For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Company Specific--RELATING TO THE BOARD For For Management OF DIRECTORS 6 Report on Wood Procurement Policy Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARATHON OIL CORP Ticker: MRO Security ID: 565849106 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Clarence P. Cazalot For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David A. Daberko For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William L. Davis For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management 4 Eliminate Class of Preferred Stock For For Management 5 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 6 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCDONALD'S CORP. Ticker: MCD Security ID: 580135101 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 27, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert A. Eckert For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jeanne P. Jackson For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard H. Lenny For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Andrew J. McKenna For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Sheila A. Penrose For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Against For Shareholder Control) to shareholder Vote 4 Identify Food Products Manufactured or Against Against Shareholder Sold that Contain Genetically Engineered Ingredients -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. Ticker: MER Security ID: 590188108 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Alberto Cribiore For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Aulana L. Peters For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Charles O. Rossotti For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Compensation- Director Compensation Against Against Shareholder 5 Review Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- METLIFE, INC Ticker: MET Security ID: 59156R108 Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. Robert Henrikson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John M. Keane For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Kenton J. Sicchitano For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MICROSOFT CORP. Ticker: MSFT Security ID: 594918104 Meeting Date: NOV 9, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 9, 2005 # 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. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dina Dublon For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Raymond V. Gilmartin For For Management 1.6 Elect Director A. Mclaughlin Korologos For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David F. Marquardt For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Helmut Panke For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Jon A. Shirley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOTOROLA, INC. Ticker: MOT Security ID: 620076109 Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director E. Zander For For Management 1.2 Elect Director H.L. Fuller For For Management 1.3 Elect Director J. Lewent For For Management 1.4 Elect Director T. Meredith For For Management 1.5 Elect Director N. Negroponte For For Management 1.6 Elect Director I. Nooyi For For Management 1.7 Elect Director S. Scott, III For For Management 1.8 Elect Director R. Sommer For For Management 1.9 Elect Director J. Stengel For For Management 1.10 Elect Director D. Warner, III For For Management 1.11 Elect Director J. White For For Management 1.12 Elect Director M. White For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NABORS INDUSTRIES, LTD. Ticker: NBR Security ID: G6359F103 Meeting Date: JUN 30, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 7, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Eugene M. Isenberg For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL: APPROVAL OF THE For Against Management COMPANY S AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NABORS INDUSTRIES, LTD. Ticker: NBR Security ID: G6359F103 Meeting Date: MAR 30, 2006 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: FEB 17, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOBLE ENERGY, INC. Ticker: NBL Security ID: 655044105 Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 14, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jeffrey L. Berenson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael A. Cawley For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Edward F. Cox For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Charles D. Davidson For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Thomas J. Edelman For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Kirby L. Hedrick For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Bruce A. Smith For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William T. Van Kleef For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN TRUST CORP. Ticker: NTRS Security ID: 665859104 Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 27, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Duane L. Burnham For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dipak C. Jain For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Arthur L. Kelly For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Edward J. Mooney For For Management 1.8 Elect Director William A. Osborn For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John W. Rowe For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Harold B. Smith For For Management 1.11 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Charles A. Tribbett, III For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Frederick H. Waddell For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Eliminate Cumulative Voting For For Management 4 Disclose Charitable Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORACLE CORP. Ticker: ORCL Security ID: 68389X105 Meeting Date: OCT 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 15, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Donald L. Lucas For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael J. Boskin For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jack F. Kemp For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Safra A. 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 1.11 Elect Director Charles E. Phillips, Jr. For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PFIZER INC. Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2006 # 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 Ruth J. Simmons For For Management 1.13 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder 5 Social Proposal Against Against Shareholder 6 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 8 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 9 Report on Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 10 Reort on Animal-based Testing Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE Ticker: PG Security ID: 742718109 Meeting Date: JUL 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: MAY 19, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE Ticker: PG Security ID: 742718109 Meeting Date: OCT 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 12, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Bruce L. Byrnes For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Scott D. Cook For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Charles R. Lee For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Articles For For Management 4 Declassify the Board of Directors For For Management 5 Report on Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 6 Seek Sale of Company/Assets Against Against Shareholder 7 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC Ticker: RAI Security ID: 761713106 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Antonio Monteiro de Castro For For Management 1.2 Elect Director H.G.L. Powell For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph P. Viviano For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Conduct Study on Youth Smoking Against Against Shareholder 4 Support Legislation to Reduce Smoking Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPRINT NEXTEL CORP Ticker: S Security ID: 852061100 Meeting Date: JUL 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 20, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 2 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For For Management 3 Change Company Name For For Management 4 Issue Shares in Connection with an For For Management Acquisition 5 Adjourn Meeting For For Management 6.1 Elect Director Gordon M. Bethune For For Management 6.2 Elect Director Dr. E. Linn Draper, Jr. For For Management 6.3 Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr. For For Management 6.4 Elect Director Deborah A. Henretta For For Management 6.5 Elect Director Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. For For Management 6.6 Elect Director Linda Koch Lorimer For For Management 6.7 Elect Director Gerald L. Storch For For Management 6.8 Elect Director William H. Swanson For For Management 7 Ratify Auditors For For Management 8 Review Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATE STREET CORP. (BOSTON) Ticker: STT Security ID: 857477103 Meeting Date: APR 19, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director T. Albright For For Management 1.2 Elect Director K. Burnes For For Management 1.3 Elect Director N. Darehshori For For Management 1.4 Elect Director A. Goldstein For For Management 1.5 Elect Director D. Gruber For For Management 1.6 Elect Director L. Hill For For Management 1.7 Elect Director C. LaMantia For For Management 1.8 Elect Director R. Logue For For Management 1.9 Elect Director R. Sergel For For Management 1.10 Elect Director R. Skates For For Management 1.11 Elect Director G. Summe For For Management 1.12 Elect Director D. Walsh For For Management 1.13 Elect Director R. Weissman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMANTEC CORP. Ticker: SYMC Security ID: 871503108 Meeting Date: SEP 16, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 25, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gary L. Bloom For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael Brown For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William T. Coleman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David L. Mahoney For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert S. Miller For For Management 1.6 Elect Director George Reyes For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David Roux For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Daniel H. Schulman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John W. Thompson For For Management 1.10 Elect Director V. Paul Unruh For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME WARNER INC Ticker: TWX Security ID: 887317105 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # 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 Frank J Caufield For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert C. Clark For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jessica P. Einhorn For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Reuben Mark For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael A. Miles For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Kenneth J. Novack For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Richard D. Parsons For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Francis T. Vincent, Jr For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Deborah C. Wright For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder 5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 6 Develop a Code Vendor of Conduct Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNION PACIFIC CORP. Ticker: UNP Security ID: 907818108 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jr. Richard K. Davidson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Erroll B. Davis For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas J. Donohue For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Archie W. Dunham For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Judith Richards Hope For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Charles C. Krulak For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael W. McConnell For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Steven R. Rogel For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James R. Young For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 5 Provide for an Independent Chairman Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. Ticker: UPS Security ID: 911312106 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John J. Beystehner For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Burns For For Management 1.3 Elect Director D. Scott Davis For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Stuart E. Eizenstat For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Michael L. Eskew For For Management 1.6 Elect Director James P. Kelly For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Ann M. Livermore For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Gary E. MacDougal For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Victor A. Pelson For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John W. Thompson For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Carol B. Tome For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Ben Verwaayen For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Ticker: UTX Security ID: 913017109 Meeting Date: APR 12, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 14, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Louis R. Chenevert For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George David For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John V. Faraci For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jean-Pierre Garnier For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Jamie S. Gorelick For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Charles R. Lee For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Richard D. McCormick For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Harold McGraw, III For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Frank P. Popoff, III For For Management 1.10 Elect Director H. Patrick Swygert For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Andre Villeneuve For For Management 1.12 Elect Director H.A. Wagner For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Christine Todd Whitman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder 5 Report on Foreign Sales of Military Against Against Shareholder Products -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS Ticker: VZ Security ID: 92343V104 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James R. Barker For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard L. Carrion For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert W. Lane For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Sandra O. Moose For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Joseph Neubauer For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas H. O'Brien For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Clarence Otis, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Hugh B. Price For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley For For Management 1.12 Elect Director John R. Stafford For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Robert D. Storey For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 4 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors 5 Require Majority of Independent Directors Against Against Shareholder on Board 6 Company-Specific-Directors on Common Against Against Shareholder Boards 7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 8 Performance-Based and/or Time-Based Against Against Shareholder Equity Awards 9 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIACOM INC. Ticker: VIA.B Security ID: 92553P201 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director George S. Abrams For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Philippe P. Dauman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas E. Dooley For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas E. Freston For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Alan C. Greenberg For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Robert K. Kraft For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Charles E. Phillips, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Shari Redstone For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Sumner M. Redstone For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Frederic V. Salerno For For Management 1.12 Elect Director William Schwartz For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WACHOVIA CORP. Ticker: WB Security ID: 929903102 Meeting Date: APR 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 22, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William H. Goodwin, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert A. Ingram For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Mackey J. McDonald For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Lanty L. Smith For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ruth G. Shaw For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ernest S. Rady For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Submit Severance Agreement (Change in Against For Shareholder Control) to shareholder Vote 4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against For Shareholder of Directors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLPOINT INC Ticker: WLP Security ID: 94973V107 Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Susan B. Bayh For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Julie A. Hill For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ramiro G. Peru For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTWOOD ONE, INC. Ticker: WON Security ID: 961815107 Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 14, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David L. Dennis For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Albert Carnesale For Withhold Management 1.3 Elect Director Grant F. Little, III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Walter Berger For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management ========== END NPX REPORT 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: AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Fund, Inc. By: Marc O. Mayer* ----------------------- Chief Executive Officer Date: August 29, 2006 *By: /s/ Emilie D. Wrapp -------------------- Emilie D. Wrapp Secretary