EX-99.77C VOTES 3 votes.htm STOCKHOLDER PROXY VOTING RESULTS Unassociated Document

 
Tortoise Energy Capital Corporation
 
 
Stockholder Proxy Voting Results
 
The annual meeting of stockholders was held on April 12, 2006. The matters considered at the meeting, together with the actual vote tabulations relating to such matters are as follows:

1.
To elect Charles E. Heath and Terry C. Matlack as Directors of the Company, each to hold office for a term of three years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
 
 
       No. of Shares
 (i)  Charles E. Heath    
 
 Affirmative
   13,784,978
 
 Withheld
 
  146,830
 
 TOTAL
   13,931,808
       
 
       No. of Shares
 (ii)  Terry C. Matlack*    
 
 Affirmative
 
  2,408
 
 Withheld
 
         0
 
 TOTAL
    2,408
       
 
*Preferred stockholders are the only class of stockholders entitled to vote on this director.
 
John R. Graham and H. Kevin Birzer continued as directors and their terms expire on the date of the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders, and Conrad S. Ciccotello continued as a director and his term expires on the date of the 2008 annual meeting of stockholders.

2.
To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending November 30, 2006.
 
 
   
  No. of  Shares
 
 Affirmative
 
13,806,027 
 
 Against
 
   69,108 
 
 Abstain
 
   56,673
 
 TOTAL
 
                                13,931,808

Based upon votes required for approval, each of these matters passed.