N-PX 1 c38736_npx.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act File Number: 811-21702 BlackRock Health Sciences Trust ------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington DE 19809 ----------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Robert S. Kapito, President 40 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10022 ------------------------------ (name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (888) 825-2257 Date of fiscal year end: 10/31 Date of reporting period: 03/31/2005 - 06/30/2005 ======================= BLACKROCK HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST ======================== ITEM 1 PROXY VOTING RECORD ABGENIX, INC. Ticker: ABGX Security ID: 00339B107 Meeting Date: JUN 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director R. Scott Greer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director M.K. Behrens, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director R.S. Kucherlapati Ph.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Kenneth B. Lee, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Mark B. Logan For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William R. Ringo For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas G. Wiggans For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS INC Ticker: ARNA Security ID: 040047102 Meeting Date: JUN 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jack Lief For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dominic P. Behan, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Donald D. Belcher For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Scott H. Bice, J.D. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Harry F. Hixson, Jr., For For Management Ph.D. 1.6 Elect Director J. Clayburn La Force, For For Management Jr., Ph.D 1.7 Elect Director Louis J. Lavigne, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Tina S. Nova, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASPECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS Ticker: ASPM Security ID: 045235108 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 12, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Boudewijn L.P.M. Bollen For For Management Page 1 1.2 Elect Director J. Breckenridge Eagle For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Edwin M. Kania For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. Ticker: BMRN Security ID: 09061G101 Meeting Date: JUN 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 20, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jean-Jacques Bienaime For Did Not Management Vote 1.2 Elect Director Franz L. Cristiani For Did Not Management Vote 1.3 Elect Director Elaine J. Heron, Ph.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.4 Elect Director Joseph Klein, III For Did Not Management Vote 1.5 Elect Director Pierre Lapalme For Did Not Management Vote 1.6 Elect Director Alan J. Lewis For Did Not Management Vote 1.7 Elect Director Erich Sager For Did Not Management Vote 2 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARDIOME PHARMA CORP Ticker: COM Security ID: 14159U202 Meeting Date: JUN 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 27, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Mark C. Rogers as Director For For Management 1.2 Elect Robert W. Rieder as Director For For Management 1.3 Elect Fred Mermelstein as Director For For Management 1.4 Elect Ralph Snyderman as Director For For Management 1.5 Elect Jackie M. Clegg as Director For For Management 1.6 Elect Harold H. Shlevin as Director For For Management 2 Appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management 3 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 4 Amend 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan For For Management Page 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DJ ORTHOPEDICS, INC. Ticker: DJO Security ID: 23325G104 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kirby L. Cramer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Leslie H. Cross For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Lesley H. Howe For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENE LOGIC INC. Ticker: GLGC Security ID: 368689105 Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 8, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frank L. Douglas, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 1.2 Elect Director Mark D. Gessler For For Management 1.3 Elect Director J. Stark Thompson, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERMUNE INC. Ticker: ITMN Security ID: 45884X103 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 11, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James I. Healy, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 1.2 Elect Director William R. Ringo, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. Ticker: KCI Security ID: 49460W208 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 22, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor Page 3 1.1 Elect Director James R. Leininger, M.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dennert O. Ware For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Ticker: LPNT Security ID: 53219L109 Meeting Date: JUN 30, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 16, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kenneth C. Donahey For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Evans For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael P. Haley For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC Ticker: MNTA Security ID: 60877T100 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 14, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Alan L. Crane For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Peter Barton Hutt For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Marsha H. Fanucci For For Management 2 Approve Grant of Stock Options to For For Management Non-Employee Directors 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: 80105N105 Meeting Date: DEC 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: NOV 8, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger by Absorption of Aventis For Did Not Management by Sanofi-Aventis; Authorize Issuance of Vote 19.1 Million Shares to Compensate Aventis Minority Shareholders 2 Approve Accounting Treatment of For Did Not Management Absorption Vote 3 Assume Obligations of 257,248 Outstanding For Did Not Management Aventis Warrants; Authorize Issuance of Vote Up to 301,984 Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Page 4 Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Warrants 4 Assume Obligations of 48.08 Million For Did Not Management Outstanding Aventis Stock Options; Vote Authorize Issuance of Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Stock Options 5 Set Dec. 31, 2004, as Effective Date of For Did Not Management Merger and Related Capital Increase to Vote Aventis Minority Shareholders 6 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in For Did Not Management Capital Vote 7 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 8 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: 80105N105 Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 25, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 APPROVAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANY For For Management FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2 APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL For For Management STATEMENTS 3 APPROPRIATION OF PROFITS; DECLARATION OF For For Management DIVIDEND 4 APPROVAL OF TRANSACTIONS COVERED BY THE For For Management STATUTORY AUDITORS SPECIAL REPORT 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS For For Management TO CARRY OUT TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES ISSUED BY THE COMPANY 8 TERMINATION OF THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE For For Management BONDS 9 TO CARRY OUT INCREASES IN THE SHARE For For Management CAPITAL BY ISSUANCE, WITH PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS MAINTAINED 10 TO CARRY OUT INCREASES IN THE SHARE For For Management CAPITAL BY ISSUANCE, WITHOUT PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS 11 TO CARRY OUT INCREASES IN THE SHARE For For Management CAPITAL BY INCORPORATION OF SHARE PREMIUM, RESERVES, PROFITS OR OTHER ITEMS 12 TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES TO BE For For Management ISSUED IN THE EVENT OF A CAPITAL INCREASE WITH OR WITHOUT PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS 13 TO CARRY OUT INCREASES IN THE SHARE For For Management CAPITAL BY ISSUANCE OF SHARES RESERVED FOR EMPLOYEES WITH WAIVER OF PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS Page 5 14 DELEGATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF For For Management AUTHORITY TO GRANT OPTIONS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE SHARES 15 DELEGATION TO THE BOARD TO ALLOT EXISTING For For Management OR NEW SHARES FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL OR SOME SALARIED EMPLOYEES OF THE GROUP 16 DELEGATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF For For Management POWERS TO REDUCE THE SHARE CAPITAL BY CANCELLATION OF TREASURY SHARES 17 POWERS FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF For For Management FORMALITIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC. Ticker: TRI Security ID: 89579K109 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 8, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael J. Parsons For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Thomas G. Loeffler, Esq. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Ticker: UHS Security ID: 913903100 Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 22, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John F. Williams Jr. Md For For Management 2 Approve Stock Option Plan For For Management 3 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 5 Adopt Policy to Prohibit Discrimination Against For Shareholder based on Sexual Orientation ========== END NPX REPORT Page 6 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. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust by /s/ Robert S. Kapito --------------------------- Robert S. Kapito Principal Executive Officer Date: August 17, 2005 Page 7