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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM N-PX

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number    811-03692

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

 

Mary E. Mullin, Esq.

Managing Director

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    800-548-7786

 

Date of fiscal year end:    12/31

 

Date of reporting period:   7/1/17 – 6/30/18

 


 
 
*******************************FORM N - Px REPORT*******************************

ICA File Number: 811-03692
Reporting Period: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018
Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series





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ACCOR

Ticker:        AC                             Security ID:  F00189120
Meeting Date:  APR 20, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:   APR 17, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Consolidated Financial          For       For          Management
      Statements and Statutory Reports
3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 1.05 per Share
4     Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Aggregate Amount of EUR 1.32
      Million
5     Approve Severance Agreement and         For       Against      Management
      Additional Pension Scheme Agreement
      with Sebastien Bazin
6     Approve Compensation of Sebastien Bazin For       Against      Management
7     Approve Compensation of Sven Boinet     For       Against      Management
8     Approve Remuneration Policy of Chairman For       Against      Management
      and CEO
9     Approve Remuneration Policy of Vice-CEO For       Against      Management
10    Approve Sale of Control of AccorInvest  For       For          Management
11    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
12    Authorize Board to Issue Free Warrants  For       Against      Management
      with Preemptive Rights During a Public
      Tender Offer
13    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management
      Employee Stock Purchase Plans
14    Authorize Filing of Required            For       For          Management
      Documents/Other Formalities


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AIRBUS SE

Ticker:        AIR                            Security ID:  N0280G100
Meeting Date:  APR 11, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 14, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2.1   Discussion on Company's Corporate       None      None         Management
      Governance Structure
2.2   Receive Report on Business and          None      None         Management
      Financial Statements
2.3   Discuss Implementation of the           None      None         Management
      Remuneration Policy
2.4   Receive Explanation on Company's        None      None         Management
      Reserves and Dividend Policy
3     Discussion of Agenda Items              None      None         Management
4.1   Adopt Financial Statements              For       For          Management
4.2   Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR of 1.50 per Share
4.3   Approve Discharge of Non-Executive      For       For          Management
      Members of the Board of Directors
4.4   Approve Discharge of Executive Members  For       For          Management
      of the Board of Directors
4.5   Ratify Ernst & Young as Auditors        For       For          Management
4.6   Reelect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez  For       For          Management
      as a Non-Executive Director
4.7   Elect Victor Chu as a Non-Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
4.8   Elect Jean-Pierre Clamadieu as a        For       For          Management
      Non-Executive Director
4.9   Elect Rene Obermann as a Non-Executive  For       For          Management
      Director
4.10  Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      Up To 0.51  Percent of Issued Capital
      and Excluding Preemptive Rights Re:
      ESOP and LTIP Plans
4.11  Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      Up To 1.15  Percent of Issued Capital
      and Excluding Preemptive Rights Re:
      Company Funding
4.12  Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
4.13  Approve Cancellation of Repurchased     For       For          Management
      Shares
5     Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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AMADEUS IT GROUP SA

Ticker:        AMS                            Security ID:  E04648114
Meeting Date:  JUN 20, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   JUN 15, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Consolidated and Standalone     For       For          Management
      Financial Statements
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends
3     Approve Discharge of Board              For       For          Management
4     Renew Appointment of Deloitte as        For       For          Management
      Auditor for FY 2018
5     Appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor for FY For       For          Management
      2019, 2020 and 2021
6     Amend Article 42 Re: Audit Committee    For       For          Management
7.1   Ratify Appointment of and Elect Pilar   For       For          Management
      Garcia Ceballos-Zuniga as Director
7.2   Elect Stephan Gemkow as Director        For       For          Management
7.3   Elect Peter Kurpick as Director         For       For          Management
7.4   Reelect Jose Antonio Tazon Garcia as    For       For          Management
      Director
7.5   Reelect Luis Maroto Camino as Director  For       For          Management
7.6   Reelect David Webster as Director       For       For          Management
7.7   Reelect Guillermo de la Dehesa Romero   For       For          Management
      as Director
7.8   Reelect Clara Furse as Director         For       For          Management
7.9   Reelect Pierre-Henri Gourgeon as        For       For          Management
      Director
7.10  Reelect Francesco Loredan as Director   For       For          Management
8     Advisory Vote on Remuneration Report    For       For          Management
9     Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
10    Approve Remuneration of Directors       For       For          Management
11.1  Approve Performance Share Plan          For       For          Management
11.2  Approve Restricted Stock Plan           For       For          Management
11.3  Approve Share Matching Plan             For       For          Management
11.4  Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute   For       For          Management
      Approved Resolutions Re: Remuneration
      Plans
12    Authorize Share Repurchase Program      For       For          Management
13    Authorize Issuance of Convertible       For       For          Management
      Bonds, Debentures, Warrants, and Other
      Debt Securities without Preemptive
      Rights up to EUR 5 Billion
14    Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute   For       For          Management
      Approved Resolutions


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ASML HOLDING NV

Ticker:        ASML                           Security ID:  N07059202
Meeting Date:  APR 25, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 28, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Discuss the Company's Business,         None      None         Management
      Financial Situation and Sustainability
3     Discussion on Company's Corporate       None      None         Management
      Governance Structure
4.a   Discuss Remuneration Policy for         None      None         Management
      Management Board
4.b   Adopt Financial Statements and          For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
4.c   Receive Clarification on Company's      None      None         Management
      Reserves and Dividend Policy
4.d   Approve Dividends of EUR 1.40 Per Share For       For          Management
5.a   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
5.b   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
6     Approve 200,000 Performance Shares for  For       For          Management
      Board of Management
7.a   Announce Intention to Reappoint Peter   None      None         Management
      T.F.M. Wennink to Management Board
7.b   Announce Intention to Reappoint Martin  None      None         Management
      A. van den Brink to Management Board
7.c   Announce Intention to Reappoint         None      None         Management
      Frederic J.M. Schneider-Maunoury to
      Management Board
7.d   Announce Intention to Appoint           None      None         Management
      Christophe D. Fouquet to Management
      Board
7.e   Announce Intention to Reappoint Roger   None      None         Management
      J.M. Dassen to Management Board
8.a   Reelect J.M.C. (Hans) Stork to          For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
8.b   Elect T.L. (Terri) Kelly to Supervisory For       For          Management
      Board
8.c   Receive Retirement Schedule of the      None      None         Management
      Supervisory Board
9     Ratify KPMG as Auditors                 For       For          Management
10.a  Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      up to 5 Percent of Issued Capital for
      General Purposes
10.b  Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances under Item
      10.a
10.c  Grant Board Authority to Issue or Grant For       For          Management
      Rights to Subscribe for Ordinary Shares
      up to 5 Percent in Case of Merger or
      Acquisition
10.d  Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances under Item
      10.c
11.a  Authorize Repurchase of up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
11.b  Authorize Additional Repurchase of up   For       For          Management
      to 10 Percent of Issued Share Capital
12    Authorize Cancellation of Repurchased   For       For          Management
      Shares
13    Other Business (Non-Voting)             None      None         Management
14    Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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AXA

Ticker:        CS                             Security ID:  F06106102
Meeting Date:  APR 25, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:   APR 20, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Consolidated Financial          For       For          Management
      Statements and Statutory Reports
3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 1.26 per Share
4     Approve Compensation of Denis Duverne,  For       For          Management
      Chairman of the Board
5     Approve Compensation of Thomas Buberl,  For       For          Management
      CEO
6     Approve Remuneration Policy of Denis    For       For          Management
      Duverne, Chairman of the Board
7     Approve Remuneration Policy of Thomas   For       For          Management
      Buberl, CEO
8     Approve Auditors' Special Report on     For       For          Management
      Related-Party Transactions Mentioning
      the Absence of New Transactions
9     Approve Severance Agreement with Thomas For       For          Management
      Buberl
10    Reelect Denis Duverne as Director       For       For          Management
11    Reelect Thomas Buberl as Director       For       For          Management
12    Reelect Andre Francois-Poncet as        For       For          Management
      Director
13    Elect Patricia Barbizet as Director     For       For          Management
14    Elect Rachel Duan as Director           For       For          Management
15    Renew Appointment of                    For       For          Management
      PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit as Auditor
16    Appoint Patrice Morot as Alternate      For       For          Management
      Auditor
17    Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Aggregate Amount of EUR 1.9 Million
18    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
19    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management
      Employee Stock Purchase Plans
20    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management
      Employee Stock Purchase Plans Reserved
      for Employees of International
      Subsidiaries
21    Authorize Decrease in Share Capital via For       For          Management
      Cancellation of Repurchased Shares
22    Amend Article 10 of Bylaws Re: Employee For       For          Management
      Representatives
23    Authorize Filing of Required            For       For          Management
      Documents/Other Formalities


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AZIMUT HOLDING S.P.A.

Ticker:        AZM                            Security ID:  T0783G106
Meeting Date:  APR 24, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 13, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Financial Statements, Statutory For       For          Management
      Reports, and Allocation of Income
2     Elect Director                          For       For          Management
3     Authorize Share Repurchase Program and  For       For          Management
      Reissuance of Repurchased Shares
4     Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
5     Approve Incentive Plan                  For       For          Management
6     Integrate Remuneration of External      For       For          Management
      Auditors
A     Deliberations on Possible Legal Action  None      Against      Management
      Against Directors if Presented by
      Shareholders


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BAYER AG

Ticker:        BAYN                           Security ID:  D0712D163
Meeting Date:  MAY 25, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports; Approve Allocation
      of Income and Dividends of EUR 2.80 per
      Share for Fiscal 2017
2     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
3     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
4     Elect Norbert Winkeljohann to the       For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
5     Ratify Deloitte GmbH as Auditors for    For       For          Management
      Fiscal 2018


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BNP PARIBAS SA

Ticker:        BNP                            Security ID:  F1058Q238
Meeting Date:  MAY 24, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:   MAY 21, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Consolidated Financial          For       For          Management
      Statements and Statutory Reports
3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 3.02 per Share
4     Approve Auditors' Special Report on     For       For          Management
      Related-Party Transactions
5     Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
6     Renew Appointments of Deloitte &        For       For          Management
      Associes as Auditor and BEAS as
      Alternate Auditor
7     Renew Appointment of Mazars as Auditor  For       For          Management
      and Appoint Charles de Boisriou as
      Alternate Auditor
8     Renew Appointment of                    For       For          Management
      Pricewaterhousecoopers as Auditor and
      Appoint Jean-Baptiste Deschryver as
      Alternate Auditor
9     Reelect Pierre Andre de Chalendar as    For       For          Management
      Director
10    Reelect Denis Kessler as Director       For       For          Management
11    Reelect Laurence Parisot as Director    For       For          Management
12    Approve Remuneration Policy of Chairman For       For          Management
13    Approve Remuneration Policy of CEO and  For       For          Management
      Vice-CEO
14    Approve Compensation of Jean Lemierre,  For       For          Management
      Chairman
15    Approve Compensation of Jean-Laurent    For       For          Management
      Bonnafe, CEO
16    Approve Compensation of Philippe        For       For          Management
      Bordenave, Vice-CEO
17    Approve the Overall Envelope of         For       For          Management
      Compensation of Certain Senior
      Management, Responsible Officers and
      the Risk-takers
18    Fix Maximum Variable Compensation Ratio For       For          Management
      for Executives and Risk Takers
19    Authorize Issuance of Equity or         For       For          Management
      Equity-Linked Securities with
      Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate
      Nominal Amount of EUR 1 Billion
20    Authorize Issuance of Equity or         For       For          Management
      Equity-Linked Securities without
      Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate
      Nominal Amount of EUR 240 Million
21    Authorize Capital Increase of up to 10  For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Capital for
      Contributions in Kind
22    Set Total Limit for Capital Increase    For       For          Management
      without Preemptive Rights to Result
      from Issuance Requests Under Items 20
      and 21 at EUR 240 Million
23    Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For       For          Management
      Up to EUR 1 Billion for Bonus Issue or
      Increase in Par Value
24    Set Total Limit for Capital Increase    For       For          Management
      with or without Preemptive Rights to
      Result from Issuance Requests Under
      Items 19 to 21 at EUR 1 Billion
25    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management
      Employee Stock Purchase Plans
26    Authorize Decrease in Share Capital via For       For          Management
      Cancellation of Repurchased Shares
27    Amend Article 14.5 and 16.7 of Bylaws   For       For          Management
      Re: Age Limit of Chairman, CEO and
      Vice-CEO
28    Authorize Filing of Required            For       For          Management
      Documents/Other Formalities


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BP PLC

Ticker:        BP.                            Security ID:  G12793108
Meeting Date:  MAY 21, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 17, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Re-elect Bob Dudley as Director         For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Brian Gilvary as Director      For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Nils Andersen as Director      For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Alan Boeckmann as Director     For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Frank Bowman as Director       For       For          Management
8     Elect Dame Alison Carnwath as Director  For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Ian Davis as Director          For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Dame Ann Dowling as Director   For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Melody Meyer as Director       For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Brendan Nelson as Director     For       For          Management
13    Re-elect Paula Reynolds as Director     For       For          Management
14    Re-elect Sir John Sawers as Director    For       For          Management
15    Re-elect Carl-Henric Svanberg as        For       For          Management
      Director
16    Appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorise Their Remuneration
17    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
18    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
19    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
20    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
21    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
22    Adopt New Articles of Association       For       For          Management
23    Approve Scrip Dividend Program          For       For          Management
24    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC

Ticker:        BATS                           Security ID:  G1510J102
Meeting Date:  APR 25, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 23, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       Against      Management
3     Reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors          For       For          Management
4     Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
5     Re-elect Richard Burrows as Director    For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Nicandro Durante as Director   For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Sue Farr as Director           For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Dr Marion Helmes as Director   For       Against      Management
9     Re-elect Savio Kwan as Director         For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Dimitri Panayotopoulos as      For       For          Management
      Director
11    Re-elect Kieran Poynter as Director     For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Ben Stevens as Director        For       For          Management
13    Elect Luc Jobin as Director             For       For          Management
14    Elect Holly Koeppel as Director         For       For          Management
15    Elect Lionel Nowell, III as Director    For       For          Management
16    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
17    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
18    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
19    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
20    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC

Ticker:        BATS                           Security ID:  G1510J102
Meeting Date:  JUL 19, 2017                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   JUL 17, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Matters Relating to the         For       For          Management
      Acquisition of the Remaining Common
      Stock of Reynolds American Inc.


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BT GROUP PLC

Ticker:        BT.A                           Security ID:  G16612106
Meeting Date:  JUL 12, 2017                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   JUL 10, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
4     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Sir Michael Rake as Director   For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Gavin Patterson as Director    For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Simon Lowth as Director        For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Tony Ball as Director          For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Iain Conn as Director          For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Tim Hottges as Director        For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Isabel Hudson as Director      For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Mike Inglis as Director        For       For          Management
13    Re-elect Karen Richardson as Director   For       For          Management
14    Re-elect Nick Rose as Director          For       For          Management
15    Re-elect Jasmine Whitbread as Director  For       For          Management
16    Elect Jan du Plessis as Director        For       For          Management
17    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For       Against      Management
      Auditors
18    Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
19    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
20    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
21    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
22    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice
23    Authorise EU Political Donations        For       For          Management


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CONTINENTAL AG

Ticker:        CON                            Security ID:  D16212140
Meeting Date:  APR 27, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 05, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2017
      (Non-Voting)
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 4.50 per Share
3.1   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Elmar Degenhart for Fiscal 2017
3.2   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Jose Avila for Fiscal 2017
3.3   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Ralf Cramer for Fiscal 2017
3.4   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Hans-Juergen Duensing for Fiscal
      2017
3.5   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Frank Jourdan for Fiscal 2017
3.6   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Helmut Matschi for Fiscal 2017
3.7   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Ariane Reinhart for Fiscal 2017
3.8   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Wolfgang Schaefer for Fiscal
      2017
3.9   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      Member Nikolai Setzer for Fiscal 2017
4.1   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Wolfgang Reitzle for Fiscal 2017
4.2   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Gunter Dunkel for Fiscal 2017
4.3   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Peter Gutzmer for Fiscal 2017
4.4   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Peter Hausmann for Fiscal 2017
4.5   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Michael Iglhaut for Fiscal 2017
4.6   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Klaus Mangold for Fiscal 2017
4.7   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Hartmut Meine for Fiscal 2017
4.8   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Sabine Neuss for Fiscal 2017
4.9   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Rolf Nonnenmacher for Fiscal
      2017
4.10  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Dirk Nordmann for Fiscal 2017
4.11  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Klaus Rosenfeld for Fiscal 2017
4.12  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Georg Schaeffler for Fiscal 2017
4.13  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Maria-Elisabeth
      Schaeffler-Thumann for Fiscal 2017
4.14  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Joerg Schoenfelder for Fiscal
      2017
4.15  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Stefan Scholz for Fiscal 2017
4.16  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Gudrun Valten for Fiscal 2017
4.17  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Kirsten Voerkel for Fiscal 2017
4.18  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Elke Volkmann for Fiscal 2017
4.19  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Erwin Woerle for Fiscal 2017
4.20  Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      Member Siegfried Wolf for Fiscal 2017
5     Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for Fiscal   For       For          Management
      2018


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CRH PLC

Ticker:        CRG                            Security ID:  G25508105
Meeting Date:  APR 26, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 24, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
3     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
4a    Elect Richard Boucher as Director       For       For          Management
4b    Re-elect Nicky Hartery as Director      For       For          Management
4c    Re-elect Patrick Kennedy as Director    For       For          Management
4d    Re-elect Donald McGovern Jr. as         For       For          Management
      Director
4e    Re-elect Heather Ann McSharry as        For       For          Management
      Director
4f    Re-elect Albert Manifold as Director    For       For          Management
4g    Re-elect Senan Murphy as Director       For       For          Management
4h    Re-elect Gillian Platt as Director      For       For          Management
4i    Re-elect Lucinda Riches as Director     For       For          Management
4j    Re-elect Henk Rottinghuis as Director   For       For          Management
4k    Re-elect William Teuber Jr. as Director For       For          Management
5     Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
6     Reappoint Ernst & Young as Auditors     For       For          Management
7     Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
8     Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
9     Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
10    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
11    Authorise Reissuance of Treasury Shares For       For          Management
12    Approve Scrip Dividend                  For       For          Management
13    Amend Articles of Association           For       For          Management


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DAIMLER AG

Ticker:        DAI                            Security ID:  D1668R123
Meeting Date:  APR 05, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2017
      (Non-Voting)
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 3.65 per Share
3     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
5.1   Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for Fiscal   For       For          Management
      2018
5.2   Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for the 2019 For       For          Management
      Interim Financial Statements Until the
      2019 AGM
6.1   Elect Sari Baldauf to the Supervisory   For       For          Management
      Board
6.2   Elect Juergen Hambrecht to the          For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
6.3   Elect Marie Wieck to the Supervisory    For       For          Management
      Board
7     Approve Creation of EUR 1 Billion Pool  For       For          Management
      of Capital with Partial Exclusion of
      Preemptive Rights


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ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL

Ticker:        EI                             Security ID:  F31668100
Meeting Date:  APR 24, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 19, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Consolidated Financial          For       For          Management
      Statements and Statutory Reports
3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 1.53 per Share
4     Reelect Antoine Bernard de              For       For          Management
      Saint-Affrique as Director
5     Reelect Louise Frechette as Director    For       For          Management
6     Reelect Bernard Hours as Director       For       For          Management
7     Reelect Marc Onetto as Director         For       For          Management
8     Reelect Olivier Pecoux as Director      For       For          Management
9     Reelect Jeanette Wong as Director until For       For          Management
      Completion of Contribution in Kind
      Agreement of Luxottica Shares by Delfin
10    Elect Jeanette Wong as Director as of   For       For          Management
      Completion of Contribution in Kind
      Agreement of Luxottica Shares by Delfin
11    Approve Termination Package of Laurent  For       Against      Management
      Vacherot, Vice-CEO
12    Approve Compensation of Hubert          For       Against      Management
      Sagnieres, Chairman and CEO
13    Approve Compensation of Laurent         For       Against      Management
      Vacherot, Vice-CEO
14    Approve Remuneration Policy of          For       For          Management
      Executive Corporate Officers
15    Authorize Filing of Required            For       For          Management
      Documents/Other Formalities


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FRESENIUS SE & CO KGAA

Ticker:        FRE                            Security ID:  D27348263
Meeting Date:  MAY 18, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 26, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 0.75 per Share
3     Approve Discharge of Personally Liable  For       For          Management
      Partner for Fiscal 2017
4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
5     Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for Fiscal   For       For          Management
      2018
6     Approve Remuneration System for         For       For          Management
      Management Board Members of the
      Personally Liable Partner
7     Approve Creation of EUR 125 Million     For       For          Management
      Pool of Capital with Partial Exclusion
      of Preemptive Rights
8     Approve Issuance of Warrants/Bonds with For       For          Management
      Warrants Attached/Convertible Bonds
      without Preemptive Rights up to
      Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 2.5
      Billion; Approve Creation of EUR 49
      Million Pool of Capital to Guarantee
      Conversion Rights
9     Authorize Share Repurchase Program and  For       For          Management
      Reissuance or Cancellation of
      Repurchased Shares
10    Authorize Use of Financial Derivatives  For       For          Management
      when Repurchasing Shares


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GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES PLC

Ticker:        GPOR                           Security ID:  G40712203
Meeting Date:  MAR 26, 2018                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   MAR 22, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Adopt New Articles of Association       For       For          Management
2     Authorise Issue of B Shares             For       For          Management
3     Approve Share Consolidation             For       For          Management
4     Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
5     Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
6     Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
7     Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares


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GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES PLC

Ticker:        GPOR                           Security ID:  G40712203
Meeting Date:  JUL 06, 2017                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   JUL 04, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
3     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
4     Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Toby Courtauld as Director     For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Nick Sanderson as Director     For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Martin Scicluna as Director    For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Charles Philipps as Director   For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Jonathan Short as Director     For       For          Management
10    Elect Wendy Becker as Director          For       For          Management
11    Elect Nick Hampton as Director          For       For          Management
12    Elect Richard Mully as Director         For       For          Management
13    Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors      For       For          Management
14    Authorise Audit Committee to Fix        For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
15    Amend 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan     For       For          Management
16    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
17    Approve Increase in the Aggregate       For       For          Management
      Amount of Fees Payable to Non-Executive
      Directors
18    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
19    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
20    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
21    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

Ticker:        IMB                            Security ID:  G4721W102
Meeting Date:  FEB 07, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   FEB 05, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
4     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Alison Cooper as Director      For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Therese Esperdy as Director    For       For          Management
7     Re-elect David Haines as Director       For       For          Management
8     Elect Simon Langelier as Director       For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Matthew Phillips as Director   For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Steven Stanbrook as Director   For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Oliver Tant as Director        For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Mark Williamson as Director    For       For          Management
13    Re-elect Karen Witts as Director        For       For          Management
14    Re-elect Malcolm Wyman as Director      For       For          Management
15    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For       For          Management
      Auditors
16    Authorise the Audit Commitee to Fix     For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
17    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
18    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
19    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
20    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
21    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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ING GROEP NV

Ticker:        INGA                           Security ID:  N4578E595
Meeting Date:  APR 23, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 26, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2.a   Receive Report of Management Board      None      None         Management
      (Non-Voting)
2.b   Receive Announcements on Sustainability None      None         Management
2.c   Receive Report of Supervisory Board     None      None         Management
      (Non-Voting)
2.d   Discuss Remuneration Report             None      None         Management
2.e   Adopt Financial Statements and          For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
3.a   Receive Explanation on Profit Retention None      None         Management
      and Distribution Policy
3.b   Approve Dividends of EUR 0.67 Per Share For       For          Management
4.a   Discussion on Company's Corporate       None      None         Management
      Governance Structure
4.b   Discussion of Executive Board Profile   None      None         Management
4.c   Discussion of Supervisory Board Profile None      None         Management
5.a   Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
5.b   Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
6     Amend the Remuneration Policy of the    None      None         Management
      Executive Board (Withdrawn Resolution)
7     Reelect Eric Boyer de la Giroday to     For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
8.a   Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
8.b   Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      Up To 10 Percent of Issued Capital and
      Restricting/Excluding Preemptive Rights
9     Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
10    Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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ITV PLC

Ticker:        ITV                            Security ID:  G4984A110
Meeting Date:  MAY 10, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 08, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Salman Amin as Director        For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Sir Peter Bazalgette as        For       For          Management
      Director
6     Elect Margaret Ewing as Director        For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Roger Faxon as Director        For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Ian Griffiths as Director      For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Mary Harris as Director        For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Anna Manz as Director          For       For          Management
11    Elect Dame Carolyn McCall as Director   For       For          Management
12    Reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors          For       For          Management
13    Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
14    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
15    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
16    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
17    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
18    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
19    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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KONINKLIJKE AHOLD DELHAIZE NV

Ticker:        AD                             Security ID:  N0074E105
Meeting Date:  APR 11, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 14, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Receive Report of Management Board      None      None         Management
      (Non-Voting)
3     Discussion on Company's Corporate       None      None         Management
      Governance Structure
4     Receive Explanation on Company's        None      None         Management
      Reserves and Dividend Policy
5     Discuss Implementation of Remuneration  None      None         Management
      Policy of the Management Board
6     Adopt 2017 Financial Statements         For       For          Management
7     Approve Dividends of EUR 0.63 Per Share For       For          Management
8     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
9     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
10    Elect Wouter Kolk to Management Board   For       For          Management
11    Reelect Rene Hooft Graafland to         For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
12    Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers as        For       For          Management
      Auditors
13    Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      Up to 10 Percent of Issued Capital
14    Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances Under Item
      13
15    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
16    Approve Reduction in Share Capital by   For       For          Management
      Cancellation of Shares Under Item 15
17    Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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KONINKLIJKE KPN NV

Ticker:        KPN                            Security ID:  N4297B146
Meeting Date:  SEP 04, 2017                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   AUG 07, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Elect Edzard Overbeek to Supervisory    For       For          Management
      Board
3     Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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KONINKLIJKE KPN NV

Ticker:        KPN                            Security ID:  N4297B146
Meeting Date:  APR 18, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 21, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Receive Report of Management Board      None      None         Management
      (Non-Voting)
3     Discussion on Company's Corporate       None      None         Management
      Governance Structure
4     Discuss Remuneration Policy for         None      None         Management
      Management Board
5     Adopt Financial Statements              For       For          Management
6     Receive Explanation on Company's        None      None         Management
      Reserves and Dividend Policy
7     Approve Dividends of EUR 0.127 Per      For       For          Management
      Share
8     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
9     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
10    Amend Articles of Association Re:       For       For          Management
      Change of Registered Office of KPN to
      Rotterdam
11    Ratify Ernst & Young as Auditors        For       For          Management
12    Announce Intention to Reappoint Jan     None      None         Management
      Kees De Jager to Management Board
13    Opportunity to Make Recommendations     None      None         Management
14    Elect C.J.G. Zuiderwijk to Supervisory  For       For          Management
      Board
15    Elect D.W. Sickinghe to Supervisory     For       For          Management
      Board
16    Announce Vacancies on the Supervisory   None      None         Management
      Board
17    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
18    Authorize Cancellation of Repurchased   For       For          Management
      Shares
19    Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      up to 10 Percent of Issued Capital
20    Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances
21    Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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KONINKLIJKE KPN NV

Ticker:        KPN                            Security ID:  N4297B146
Meeting Date:  DEC 06, 2017                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   NOV 08, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting and Announcements          None      None         Management
2a    Announce Intention to Appoint Maximo    None      None         Management
      Ibarra to Management Board
2b    Approve Compensation Payment to Maximo  For       For          Management
      Ibarra
3     Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC

Ticker:        LLOY                           Security ID:  G5533W248
Meeting Date:  MAY 24, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 22, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Elect Lord Lupton as Director           For       For          Management
3     Re-elect Lord Blackwell as Director     For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Juan Colombas as Director      For       For          Management
5     Re-elect George Culmer as Director      For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Alan Dickinson as Director     For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Anita Frew as Director         For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Simon Henry as Director        For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Antonio Horta-Osorio as        For       For          Management
      Director
10    Re-elect Deborah McWhinney as Director  For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Nick Prettejohn as Director    For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Stuart Sinclair as Director    For       For          Management
13    Re-elect Sara Weller as Director        For       For          Management
14    Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
15    Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
16    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For       For          Management
      Auditors
17    Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
18    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
19    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
20    Authorise Issue of Equity in Relation   For       For          Management
      to the Issue of Regulatory Capital
      Convertible Instruments
21    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
22    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
23    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Relation to the
      Issue of Regulatory Capital Convertible
      Instruments
24    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
25    Authorise Market Purchase of Preference For       For          Management
      Shares
26    Adopt New Articles of Association       For       For          Management
27    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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NESTLE SA

Ticker:        NESN                           Security ID:  H57312649
Meeting Date:  APR 12, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
1.2   Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
2     Approve Discharge of Board and Senior   For       For          Management
      Management
3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of CHF 2.35 per Share
4.1.a Reelect Paul Bulcke as Director and     For       For          Management
      Board Chairman
4.1.b Reelect Ulf Schneider as Director       For       For          Management
4.1.c Reelect Henri de Castries as Director   For       For          Management
4.1.d Reelect Beat Hess as Director           For       For          Management
4.1.e Reelect Renato Fassbind as Director     For       For          Management
4.1.f Reelect Jean-Pierre Roth as Director    For       For          Management
4.1.g Reelect Ann Veneman as Director         For       For          Management
4.1.h Reelect Eva Cheng as Director           For       For          Management
4.1.i Reelect Ruth Oniang'o as Director       For       For          Management
4.1.j Reelect Patrick Aebischer as Director   For       For          Management
4.1.k Reelect Ursula Burns as Director        For       For          Management
4.2.1 Elect Kasper Rorsted as Director        For       For          Management
4.2.2 Elect Pablo Isa as Director             For       For          Management
4.2.3 Elect Kimberly Ross as Director         For       For          Management
4.3.1 Appoint Beat Hess as Member of the      For       For          Management
      Compensation Committee
4.3.2 Appoint Jean-Pierre Roth as Member of   For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
4.3.3 Appoint Patrick Aebischer as Member of  For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
4.3.4 Appoint Ursula Burns as Member of the   For       For          Management
      Compensation Committee
4.4   Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors              For       For          Management
4.5   Designate Hartmann Dreyer as            For       For          Management
      Independent Proxy
5.1   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Amount of CHF 10 Million
5.2   Approve Maximum Remuneration of         For       For          Management
      Executive Committee in the Amount of
      CHF 60 Million
6     Approve CHF 4.9 Million Reduction in    For       For          Management
      Share Capital via Cancellation of
      Repurchased Shares
7     Transact Other Business (Voting)        Against   Against      Management


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NOVARTIS AG

Ticker:        NOVN                           Security ID:  H5820Q150
Meeting Date:  MAR 02, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Discharge of Board and Senior   For       For          Management
      Management
3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of CHF 2.80 per Share
4     Approve CHF 33.1 Million Reduction in   For       For          Management
      Share Capital via Cancellation of
      Repurchased Shares
5.1   Approve Maximum Total Remuneration of   For       For          Management
      Directors in the Amount of CHF 8.2
      Million
5.2   Approve Maximum Total Remuneration of   For       For          Management
      Executive Committee in the Amount of
      CHF 92 Million
5.3   Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
      (Non-Binding)
6.1   Reelect Joerg Reinhardt as Director and For       For          Management
      Board Chairman
6.2   Reelect Nancy Andrews as Director       For       For          Management
6.3   Reelect Dimitri Azar as Director        For       For          Management
6.4   Reelect Ton Buechner as Director        For       For          Management
6.5   Reelect Srikant Datar as Director       For       For          Management
6.6   Reelect Elizabeth Doherty as Director   For       For          Management
6.7   Reelect Ann Fudge as Director           For       For          Management
6.8   Reelect Frans van Houten as Director    For       For          Management
6.9   Reelect Andreas von Planta as Director  For       For          Management
6.10  Reelect Charles Sawyers as Director     For       For          Management
6.11  Reelect Enrico Vanni as Director        For       For          Management
6.12  Reelect William Winters as Director     For       For          Management
7.1   Reappoint Srikant Datar as Member of    For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
7.2   Reappoint Ann Fudge as Member of the    For       For          Management
      Compensation Committee
7.3   Reappoint Enrico Vanni as Member of the For       For          Management
      Compensation Committee
7.4   Reappoint William Winters as Member of  For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
8     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as     For       For          Management
      Auditors
9     Designate Peter Andreas as Independent  For       For          Management
      Proxy
10    Transact Other Business (Voting)        For       Against      Management


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NOVO NORDISK A/S

Ticker:        NOVO B                         Security ID:  K72807132
Meeting Date:  MAR 22, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 15, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Report of Board                 None      None         Management
2     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
3.1   Approve Remuneration of Directors for   For       For          Management
      2017
3.2   Approve Remuneration of Directors for   For       For          Management
      2018 in the Amount of DKK 2.1 Million
      for the Chairman, DKK 1.4 Million for
      the Vice Chairman, and DKK 700,000 for
      Other Directors; Approve Remuneration
      for Committee Work;
4     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of DKK 7.85 Per Share
5.1   Reelect Helge Lund as Director and New  For       For          Management
      Chairman
5.2   Reelect Jeppe Christiansen as Director  For       For          Management
      and Deputy Chairman
5.3a  Reelect Brian Daniels as Director       For       For          Management
5.3b  Elect Andreas Fibig as New Director     For       For          Management
5.3c  Reelect Sylvie Gregoire as Director     For       For          Management
5.3d  Reelect Liz Hewitt as Director          For       For          Management
5.3e  Reelect Kasim Kutay as Director         For       For          Management
5.3f  Elect Martin Mackay as New Director     For       For          Management
6     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers as        For       For          Management
      Auditors
7.1   Approve DKK 10 Million Reduction in     For       For          Management
      Share Capital via B Share Cancellation
7.2   Authorize Share Repurchase Program      For       For          Management
7.3   Approve Guidelines for Incentive-Based  For       For          Management
      Compensation for Executive Management
      and Board
8     Other Business                          None      None         Management


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PRUDENTIAL PLC

Ticker:        PRU                            Security ID:  G72899100
Meeting Date:  MAY 17, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 15, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Elect Mark Fitzpatrick as Director      For       For          Management
4     Elect James Turner as Director          For       For          Management
5     Elect Thomas Watjen as Director         For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Sir Howard Davies as Director  For       For          Management
7     Re-elect John Foley as Director         For       For          Management
8     Re-elect David Law as Director          For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Paul Manduca as Director       For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Kaikhushru Nargolwala as       For       For          Management
      Director
11    Re-elect Nicolaos Nicandrou as Director For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Anthony Nightingale as         For       For          Management
      Director
13    Re-elect Philip Remnant as Director     For       For          Management
14    Re-elect Anne Richards as Director      For       For          Management
15    Re-elect Alice Schroeder as Director    For       For          Management
16    Re-elect Barry Stowe as Director        For       For          Management
17    Re-elect Lord Turner as Director        For       For          Management
18    Re-elect Michael Wells as Director      For       For          Management
19    Reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors          For       For          Management
20    Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
21    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
22    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
23    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights to Include
      Repurchased Shares
24    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
25    Authorise Issue of Equity in Connection For       For          Management
      with the Issue of Mandatory Convertible
      Securities
26    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      the Issue of Mandatory Convertible
      Securities
27    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
28    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice
29    Adopt New Articles of Association       For       For          Management


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RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC

Ticker:        RB.                            Security ID:  G74079107
Meeting Date:  MAY 03, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 01, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Nicandro Durante as Director   For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Mary Harris as Director        For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Adrian Hennah as Director      For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Rakesh Kapoor as Director      For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Pamela Kirby as Director       For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Andre Lacroix as Director      For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Chris Sinclair as Director     For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Warren Tucker as Director      For       For          Management
12    Appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors            For       For          Management
13    Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
14    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
15    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
16    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
17    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
18    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
19    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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RELX NV

Ticker:        REN                            Security ID:  N7364X107
Meeting Date:  APR 18, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 21, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Receive Report of Management Board      None      None         Management
      (Non-Voting)
3     Discuss Remuneration Policy             None      None         Management
4     Adopt Financial Statements              For       For          Management
5     Approve Dividends of EUR 0.448 per      For       For          Management
      Share
6.a   Approve Discharge of Executive          For       For          Management
      Directors
6.b   Approve Discharge of Non-Executive      For       For          Management
      Directors
7     Ratify Ernst & Young as Auditors        For       For          Management
8.a   Reelect Anthony Habgood as              For       For          Management
      Non-Executive Director
8.b   Reelect Wolfhart Hauser as              For       For          Management
      Non-Executive Director
8.c   Reelect Adrian Hennah as Non-Executive  For       For          Management
      Director
8.d   Reelect Marike van Lier Lels as         For       For          Management
      Non-Executive Director
8.e   Reelect Robert MacLeod as Non-Executive For       For          Management
      Director
8.f   Reelect Carol Mills as Non-Executive    For       For          Management
      Director
8.g   Reelect Linda Sanford as Non-Executive  For       For          Management
      Director
8.h   Reelect Ben van der Veer as             For       For          Management
      Non-Executive Director
8.i   Reelect Suzanne Wood as Non-Executive   For       For          Management
      Director
9.a   Reelect Erik Engstrom as Executive      For       For          Management
      Director
9.b   Reelect Nick Luff as Executive Director For       For          Management
10.a  Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
10.b  Approve Cancellation of up to 20        For       For          Management
      Million Ordinary Shares Held in
      Treasury
11.a  Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      Up to 5 Percent of Issued Capital Plus
      Additional 5 Percent in Case of Merger
      or Acquisition
11.b  Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances under Item
      11.a
12    Other Business (Non-Voting)             None      None         Management
13    Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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RELX NV

Ticker:        REN                            Security ID:  N7364X107
Meeting Date:  JUN 28, 2018                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   MAY 31, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Amend Articles Re: Cross-Border Merger  For       For          Management
      Between the Company and RELX PLC
3     Approve Cross-Border Merger Between the For       For          Management
      Company and RELX PLC
4a    Approve Discharge of Executive Director For       For          Management
4b    Approve Discharge of Non-executive      For       For          Management
      Director
5     Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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RELX NV

Ticker:        REN                            Security ID:  N7364X107
Meeting Date:  SEP 26, 2017                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   AUG 29, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Elect Suzanne Wood as Non-Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
3     Close Meeting                           None      None         Management


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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC

Ticker:        RDSA                           Security ID:  G7690A100
Meeting Date:  MAY 22, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 18, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
3     Elect Ann Godbehere as Director         For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Ben van Beurden as Director    For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Euleen Goh as Director         For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Charles Holliday as Director   For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Catherine Hughes as Director   For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as Director For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Roberto Setubal as Director    For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Sir Nigel Sheinwald as         For       For          Management
      Director
11    Re-elect Linda Stuntz as Director       For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Jessica Uhl as Director        For       For          Management
13    Re-elect Gerrit Zalm as Director        For       For          Management
14    Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For       For          Management
15    Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
16    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
17    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
18    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
19    Request Shell to Set and Publish        Against   Against      Shareholder
      Targets for Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
      Emissions


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SAP SE

Ticker:        SAP                            Security ID:  D66992104
Meeting Date:  MAY 17, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 25, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2017
      (Non-Voting)
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 1.40 per Share
3     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
5     Approve Remuneration System for         For       Against      Management
      Management Board Members
6     Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for Fiscal   For       For          Management
      2018
7.1   Elect Aicha Evans to the Supervisory    For       For          Management
      Board
7.2   Elect Friederike Rotsch to the          For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
7.3   Elect Gerhard Oswald to the Supervisory For       For          Management
      Board
7.4   Elect Diane Greene to the Supervisory   For       For          Management
      Board
8     Authorize Share Repurchase Program and  For       For          Management
      Reissuance or Cancellation of
      Repurchased Shares
9     Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board    For       For          Management
      Term


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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE

Ticker:        SU                             Security ID:  F86921107
Meeting Date:  APR 24, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:   APR 19, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Consolidated Financial          For       For          Management
      Statements and Statutory Reports
3     Approve Allocation of Losses and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 2.20 per Share
4     Approve Agreement with Jean-Pascal      For       For          Management
      Tricoire
5     Approve Agreement with Emmanuel Babeau  For       For          Management
6     Approve Auditors' Special Report on     For       For          Management
      Related-Party Transactions
7     Approve Compensation of Jean Pascal     For       For          Management
      Tricoire, Chairman and CEO
8     Approve Compensation of Emmanuel        For       For          Management
      Babeau, Vice-CEO
9     Approve Remuneration Policy of Chairman For       For          Management
      and CEO
10    Approve Remuneration Policy of Vice-CEO For       For          Management
11    Reelect Willy Kissling as Director      For       For          Management
12    Reelect Linda Knoll as Director         For       For          Management
13    Elect Fleur Pellerin as Director        For       For          Management
14    Elect Anders Runevad as Director        For       For          Management
15    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
16    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management
      Employee Stock Purchase Plans
17    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management
      Employee Stock Purchase Plans Reserved
      for Employees of International
      Subsidiaries
18    Authorize Filing of Required            For       For          Management
      Documents/Other Formalities


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SIEMENS AG

Ticker:        SIE                            Security ID:  D69671218
Meeting Date:  JAN 31, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2016/2017
      (Non-Voting)
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 3.70 per Share
3     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2016/2017
4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2016/2017
5     Ratify Ernst & Young GmbH as Auditors   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017/2018
6.1   Elect Werner Brandt to the Supervisory  For       For          Management
      Board
6.2   Elect Michael Diekmann to the           For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
6.3   Elect Benoit Potier to the Supervisory  For       For          Management
      Board
6.4   Elect Norbert Reithofer to the          For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
6.5   Elect Nemat Talaat to the Supervisory   For       For          Management
      Board
6.6   Elect Nathalie von Siemens to the       For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
6.7   Elect Matthias Zachert to the           For       For          Management
      Supervisory Board
7     Amend Corporate Purpose                 For       For          Management
8     Amend Articles Re: Notice of General    For       For          Management
      Meeting
9     Approve Affiliation Agreements with     For       For          Management
      Subsidiary Flender GmbH
10.1  Approve Affiliation Agreements with     For       For          Management
      Subsidiary Kyros 53 GmbH
10.2  Approve Affiliation Agreements with     For       For          Management
      Subsidiary Kyros 54 GmbH


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SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SA

Ticker:        SGRE                           Security ID:  E8T87A100
Meeting Date:  MAR 23, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 18, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Consolidated and Standalone     For       For          Management
      Financial Statements
2     Approve Consolidated and Standalone     For       For          Management
      Management Reports
3     Approve Discharge of Board              For       For          Management
4     Approve Treatment of Net Loss           For       For          Management
5     Ratify Appointment of and Elect Alberto For       For          Management
      Alonso Ureba as Director
6     Renew Appointment of Ernst & Young as   For       For          Management
      Auditor
7     Approve Restricted Stock Plan           For       For          Management
8     Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute   For       For          Management
      Approved Resolutions
9     Advisory Vote on Remuneration Report    For       For          Management
10    Approve Strengthening of the Company's  None      For          Shareholder
      Corporate Governance Regarding Related
      Party Transactions for the Protection
      of Minority Shareholders Against the
      Risk Management by the Majority
      Shareholder
11    Approve Commitments Made in Connection  None      Against      Shareholder
      with the Maintenance in Spain of the
      Registered Office, the Operational
      Headquarters of the Parent Company of
      the Group and the Headquarters of the
      Onshore Business


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SIKA AG

Ticker:        SIK                            Security ID:  H7631K158
Meeting Date:  JUN 11, 2018                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Waive Opting Out Clause                 For       For          Management
1.2   Approve Conversion of Bearer Shares     For       For          Management
      into Registered Shares
1.3   Amend Articles Re: Restriction on       For       For          Management
      Transferability of Registered Shares
1.4   Approve CHF 106,295 Reduction in Share  For       For          Management
      Capital via Cancellation of Repurchased
      Shares
2.1   Elect Justin Howell as Director         For       For          Management
2.2   Appoint Justin Howell as Member of the  For       For          Management
      Nomination and Compensation Committee
3.1   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.9 Million from the
      2015 AGM until the 2016 AGM
3.2   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.9 Million from the
      2016 AGM until the 2017 AGM
3.3   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.9 Million from the
      2017 AGM until the 2018 AGM
3.4   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.5 Million from the
      2018 AGM until the 2019 AGM
4.1   Approve Discharge of Board of Directors For       For          Management
      for Fiscals 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
4.2   Approve Discharge Senior Management for For       For          Management
      Fiscals 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
5     Dismiss the Special Expert Committee    For       For          Management
6     Transact Other Business (Voting)        Against   Against      Management


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SIKA AG

Ticker:        SIK                            Security ID:  H7631K158
Meeting Date:  APR 17, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       Did Not Vote Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       Did Not Vote Management
      Dividends of CHF 111 per Bearer Share
      and CHF 18.50 per Registered Share
3.1.1 Approve Discharge of Board Member Urs   For       Did Not Vote Management
      Burkard
3.1.2 Approve Discharge of Board Member Frits For       Did Not Vote Management
      van Dijk
3.1.3 Approve Discharge of Board Member Paul  For       Did Not Vote Management
      Haelg
3.1.4 Approve Discharge of Board Member Willi For       Did Not Vote Management
      Leimer
3.1.5 Approve Discharge of Board Member       For       Did Not Vote Management
      Monika Ribar
3.1.6 Approve Discharge of Board Member       For       Did Not Vote Management
      Daniel Sauter
3.1.7 Approve Discharge of Board Member       For       Did Not Vote Management
      Ulrich Suter
3.1.8 Approve Discharge of Board Member       For       Did Not Vote Management
      Juergen Tinggren
3.1.9 Approve Discharge of Board Member       For       Did Not Vote Management
      Christoph Tobler
3.2   Approve Discharge of Senior Management  For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.1 Reelect Paul Haelg as Director          For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.2 Reelect Urs Burkard as Director         For       Did Not Vote Management
      (Representing Holders of Registered
      Shares)
4.1.3 Reelect Frits van Dijk as Director      For       Did Not Vote Management
      (Representing Holders of Bearer Shares)
4.1.4 Reelect Willi Leimer as Director        For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.5 Reelect Monika Ribar as Director        For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.6 Reelect Daniel Sauter as Director       For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.7 Reelect Ulrich Suter as Director        For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.8 Reelect Juergen Tinggren as Director    For       Did Not Vote Management
4.1.9 Reelect Christoph Tobler as Director    For       Did Not Vote Management
4.2   Elect Jacques Bischoff as Director      Against   Did Not Vote Shareholder
4.3.1 Reelect Paul Haelg as Board Chairman    For       Did Not Vote Management
4.3.2 Elect Jacques Bischoff as Board         Against   Did Not Vote Shareholder
      Chairman
4.4.1 Reappoint Frits van Dijk as Member of   For       Did Not Vote Management
      the Compensation Committee
4.4.2 Reappoint Urs Burkard as Member of the  For       Did Not Vote Management
      Compensation Committee
4.4.3 Reappoint Daniel Sauter as Member of    For       Did Not Vote Management
      the Compensation Committee
4.5   Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors     For       Did Not Vote Management
4.6   Designate Jost Windlin as Independent   For       Did Not Vote Management
      Proxy
5.1   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       Did Not Vote Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.9 Million from the
      Period of the 2015 until the 2016
      Annual General Meeting
5.2   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       Did Not Vote Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.9 Million from the
      Period of the 2016 until the 2017
      Annual General Meeting
5.3   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       Did Not Vote Management
      the Amount of CHF 2.9 Million from the
      Period of the  2017 until the 2018
      Annual General Meeting
5.4   Approve Remuneration Report             For       Did Not Vote Management
      (Non-Binding)
5.5   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       Did Not Vote Management
      the Amount of CHF 3 Million
5.6   Approve Remuneration of Executive       For       Did Not Vote Management
      Committee in the Amount of CHF 18
      Million
6.1   Confirm Appointment of Joerg Riboni as  For       Did Not Vote Management
      Special Expert
6.2   Extend the Term of Office of the        For       Did Not Vote Shareholder
      Special Experts Committee until AGM
      2022
7     Approve Special Audit                   Against   Did Not Vote Shareholder
8     Transact Other Business (Voting)        Against   Did Not Vote Management


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SYMRISE AG

Ticker:        SY1                            Security ID:  D827A1108
Meeting Date:  MAY 16, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 24, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2017
      (Non-Voting)
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of EUR 0.88 per Share
3     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2017
5     Ratify Ernst & Young GmbH as Auditors   For       For          Management
      for Fiscal 2018
6     Elect Bernd Hirsch to the Supervisory   For       For          Management
      Board
7     Approve Remuneration of Supervisory     For       For          Management
      Board


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UBS GROUP AG

Ticker:        UBSG                           Security ID:  H892U1882
Meeting Date:  MAY 03, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
1.2   Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
      (Non-Binding)
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of CHF 0.65 per Share from
      Capital Contribution Reserves
3     Approve Discharge of Board and Senior   For       For          Management
      Management
4     Approve Variable Remuneration of        For       For          Management
      Executive Committee in the Amount of
      CHF 74.2 Million
5     Approve Maximum Fixed Remuneration of   For       For          Management
      Executive Committee in the Amount of
      CHF 31.5 Million
6.1a  Reelect Axel Weber as Director and      For       For          Management
      Board Chairman
6.1b  Reelect Michel Demare as Director       For       For          Management
6.1c  Reelect David Sidwell as Director       For       For          Management
6.1d  Reelect Reto Francioni as Director      For       For          Management
6.1e  Reelect Ann Godbehere as Director       For       For          Management
6.1f  Reelect Julie Richardson as Director    For       For          Management
6.1g  Reelect Isabelle Romy as Director       For       For          Management
6.1h  Reelect Robert Scully as Director       For       For          Management
6.1i  Reelect Beatrice Weder di Mauro as      For       For          Management
      Director
6.1j  Reelect Dieter Wemmer as Director       For       For          Management
6.2.1 Elect Jeremy Anderson as Director       For       For          Management
6.2.2 Elect Fred Hu as Director               For       For          Management
6.3.1 Reappoint Ann Godbehere as Member of    For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
6.3.2 Reappoint Michel Demare as Member of    For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
6.3.3 Appoint Julie Richardson as Member of   For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
6.3.4 Appoint Dieter Wemmer as Member of the  For       For          Management
      Compensation Committee
7     Approve Maximum Remuneration of Board   For       For          Management
      of Directors in the Amount of CHF 14.5
      Million
8.1   Designate ADB Altorfer Duss & Beilstein For       For          Management
      AG as Independent Proxy
8.2   Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors     For       For          Management
8.3   Ratify BDO AG as Special Auditor        For       For          Management
9     Transact Other Business (Voting)        For       Against      Management


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UNILEVER NV

Ticker:        UNA                            Security ID:  N8981F271
Meeting Date:  MAY 03, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 05, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Discussion of the Annual Report and     None      None         Management
      Accounts for the 2017 Financial Year
2     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management
      Allocation of Income
3     Approve Discharge of Executive Board    For       For          Management
      Members
4     Approve Discharge of Non-Executive      For       For          Management
      Board Members
5     Approve Remuneration Policy for         For       Against      Management
      Management Board Members
6     Reelect N S Andersen as Non-Executive   For       For          Management
      Director
7     Reelect L M Cha as Non-Executive        For       For          Management
      Director
8     Reelect V Colao as Non-Executive        For       For          Management
      Director
9     Reelect M Dekkers as Non-Executive      For       For          Management
      Director
10    Reelect J Hartmann as Non-Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
11    Reelect M Ma as Non-Executive Director  For       For          Management
12    Reelect S Masiyiwa as Non-Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
13    Reelect Y Moon as Non-Executive         For       For          Management
      Director
14    Reelect G Pitkethly as Executive        For       For          Management
      Director
15    Reelect P G J M Polman as Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
16    Reelect J Rishton as Non-Executive      For       For          Management
      Director
17    Reelect F Sijbesma as Non-Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
18    Elect A Jung as Non-Executive Director  For       For          Management
19    Ratify KPMG as Auditors                 For       For          Management
20    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 6 Percent For       For          Management
      of Cumulative Preference Shares and Up
      to 7 Percent of Cumulative Preference
      Shares and Depositary Receipts
21    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
22    Approve Reduction in Share Capital      For       For          Management
      through Cancellation of Preference
      Shares andDepositary Receipts Thereof
23    Approve Reduction in Share Capital      For       For          Management
      through Cancellation of Ordinary Shares
      andDepositary Receipts Thereof
24    Grant Board Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
25    Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances for General
      Corporate Purposes
26    Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management
      Rights from Share Issuances for
      Acquisition Purposes


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VODAFONE GROUP PLC

Ticker:        VOD                            Security ID:  G93882192
Meeting Date:  JUL 28, 2017                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   JUL 26, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as Director For       For          Management
3     Re-elect Vittorio Colao as Director     For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Nick Read as Director          For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as Director  For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Dr Mathias Dopfner as Director For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Dame Clara Furse as Director   For       For          Management
8     Re-elect Valerie Gooding as Director    For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Renee James as Director        For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Samuel Jonah as Director       For       For          Management
11    Elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as For       For          Management
      Director
12    Re-elect David Nish as Director         For       For          Management
13    Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
14    Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
15    Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
16    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For       For          Management
      Auditors
17    Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee  For       For          Management
      to Fix Remuneration of Auditors
18    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
19    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
20    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with
      an Acquisition or Other Capital
      Investment
21    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
22    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
23    Authorise the Company to Call General   For       Against      Management
      Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice


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VOLVO AB

Ticker:        VOLV B                         Security ID:  928856301
Meeting Date:  APR 05, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 28, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management
2     Elect Chairman of Meeting               For       For          Management
3     Prepare and Approve List of             For       For          Management
      Shareholders
4     Approve Agenda of Meeting               For       For          Management
5     Designate Inspector(s) of Minutes of    For       For          Management
      Meeting
6     Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For       For          Management
7     Receive Board and Board Committee       None      None         Management
      Reports
8     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports; Receive President's
      Report
9     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
10    Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of SEK 4.25 Per Share
11    Approve Discharge of Board and          For       For          Management
      President
12    Determine Number of Members (10) and    For       For          Management
      Deputy Members (0) of Board
13    Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       Against      Management
      the Amount of SEK 3.5 Million for
      Chairman and SEK 1.03 Million for Other
      Directors; Approve Remuneration for
      Committee Work
14a   Reelect Matti Alahuhta as Director      For       For          Management
14b   Reelect Eckhard Cordes as Director      For       For          Management
14c   Elect Eric Elzvik as New Director       For       For          Management
14d   Reelect James Griffith as Director      For       For          Management
14e   Reelect Martin Lundstedt as Director    For       For          Management
14f   Reelect Kathryn Marinello as Director   For       For          Management
14g   Reelect Martina Merz as Director        For       For          Management
14h   Reelect Hanne de Mora as Director       For       For          Management
14i   Reelect Helena Stjernholm as Director   For       For          Management
14j   Reelect Carl-Henric Svenberg as         For       For          Management
      Director
15    Reelect Carl-Henric Svanberg as Board   For       For          Management
      Chairman
16    Approve Remuneration of Auditors        For       For          Management
17    Ratify Deloitte as Auditors             For       For          Management
18    Elect Bengt Kjell, Ramsay Brufer, Yngve For       For          Management
      Slungstad, Par Boman and Chairman of
      the Board to Serve on Election
      Committee
19    Approve Remuneration Policy And Other   For       For          Management
      Terms of Employment For Executive
      Management
20    Limit Contributions to Chalmers         None      Against      Shareholder
      University of Technology Foundation to
      a Maximum of SEK 3 Million Per Year


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ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG

Ticker:        ZURN                           Security ID:  H9870Y105
Meeting Date:  APR 04, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
1.2   Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
      (Non-Binding)
2.1   Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends of CHF 16.60 per Share from
      Available Earnings
2.2   Approve Dividends of CHF 1.40 per Share For       For          Management
      from Capital Contribution Reserves
3     Approve Discharge of Board and Senior   For       For          Management
      Management
4.1.a Elect Michel Lies as Director and Board For       For          Management
      Chairman
4.1.b Reelect Joan Amble as Director          For       For          Management
4.1.c Reelect Catherine Bessant as Director   For       For          Management
4.1.d Reelect Alison Canrwath as Director     For       For          Management
4.1.e Reelect Christoph Franz as Director     For       For          Management
4.1.f Reelect Jeffrey Hayman as Director      For       For          Management
4.1.g Reelect Monica Maechler as Director     For       For          Management
4.1.h Reelect Kishore Mahbubani as Director   For       For          Management
4.1.i Reelect David Nish as Director          For       For          Management
4.1.j Elect Jasmin Staiblin as Director       For       For          Management
4.2.1 Reappoint Christoph Franz as Member of  For       For          Management
      the Compensation Committee
4.2.2 Reappoint Kishore Mahbubani as Member   For       For          Management
      of the Compensation Committee
4.2.3 Reappoint Catherine Bessant as Member   For       For          Management
      of the Compensation Committee
4.2.4 Reappoint Michel Lies as Member of the  For       For          Management
      Compensation Committee
4.3   Designate Andreas Keller as Independent For       For          Management
      Proxy
4.4   Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as     For       For          Management
      Auditors
5.1   Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management
      the Amount of CHF 4.6 Million
5.2   Approve Remuneration of Executive       For       For          Management
      Committee in the Amount of CHF 72.2
      Million
6     Approve Creation of CHF 4.5 Million     For       For          Management
      Pool of Capital with Partial Exclusion
      of Preemptive Rights
7     Transact Other Business (Voting)        For       Against      Management



=========== Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series - Income Plus  ===========
===========                        Portfolio                         ===========



There is no proxy voting activity for the fund, as the fund did not hold any
votable positions during the reporting period.


============= Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series - Limited  =============
=============                 Duration Portfolio                   =============



There is no proxy voting activity for the fund, as the fund did not hold any
votable positions during the reporting period.


============ Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series - Multi Cap  ============
============                   Growth Portfolio                     ============



ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.

Ticker:        ATVI                           Security ID:  00507V109
Meeting Date:  JUN 26, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 27, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Reveta Bowers            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Robert Corti             For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Hendrik Hartong, III     For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Brian Kelly              For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Robert A. Kotick         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Barry Meyer              For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Robert Morgado           For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Peter Nolan              For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Casey Wasserman          For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Elaine Wynn              For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED

Ticker:        BABA                           Security ID:  01609W102
Meeting Date:  OCT 18, 2017                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   AUG 18, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Jack Yun Ma as Director           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Masayoshi Son as Director         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Walter Teh Ming Kwauk as Director For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers as        For       For          Management
      Auditors


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ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Ticker:        ALNY                           Security ID:  02043Q107
Meeting Date:  MAY 10, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 15, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello       For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director John K. Clarke           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Marsha H. Fanucci        For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director David E.I. Pyott         For       For          Management
2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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AMAZON.COM, INC.

Ticker:        AMZN                           Security ID:  023135106
Meeting Date:  MAY 30, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 05, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jeffrey P. Bezos         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Tom A. Alberg            For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Jamie S. Gorelick        For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher   For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Judith A. McGrath        For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Jonathan J. Rubinstein   For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Thomas O. Ryder          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Patricia Q. Stonesifer   For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Adopt Policy on Board Diversity         None      None         Shareholder
      *Withdrawn Resolution*
5     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Provide Vote Counting to Exclude        Against   Against      Shareholder
      Abstentions


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ATHENAHEALTH, INC.

Ticker:        ATHN                           Security ID:  04685W103
Meeting Date:  JUN 06, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 11, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jacqueline B. Kosecoff   For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Thomas J. Szkutak        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For       For          Management
      Plan
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation


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BLUEBIRD BIO, INC.

Ticker:        BLUE                           Security ID:  09609G100
Meeting Date:  JUN 20, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 23, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director John O. Agwunobi         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Mary Lynne Hedley        For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Daniel S. Lynch          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management


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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

Ticker:        COUP                           Security ID:  22266L106
Meeting Date:  MAY 23, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 02, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Roger Siboni             For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Tayloe Stansbury         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management


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DEXCOM, INC.

Ticker:        DXCM                           Security ID:  252131107
Meeting Date:  MAY 31, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 03, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Terrance H. Gregg        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Kevin Sayer              For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Nicholas (Nick)          For       For          Management
      Augustinos
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation


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EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.

Ticker:        EDIT                           Security ID:  28106W103
Meeting Date:  JUN 15, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 18, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Andrew Hirsch            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Boris Nikolic            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management


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HEALTHEQUITY, INC.

Ticker:        HQY                            Security ID:  42226A107
Meeting Date:  JUN 21, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 02, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert W. Selander       For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Jon Kessler              For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Stephen D. Neeleman      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Frank A. Corvino         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Adrian T. Dillon         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Evelyn Dilsaver          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Debra McCowan            For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Frank T. Medici          For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Ian Sacks                For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Gayle Wellborn           For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested   For       For          Management
      Election of Directors
5     Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management
      Requirement
6     Provide Right to Call Special Meeting   For       For          Management


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ILLUMINA, INC.

Ticker:        ILMN                           Security ID:  452327109
Meeting Date:  MAY 23, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 29, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jay T. Flatley           For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director John W. Thompson         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Gary S. Guthart          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Declassify the Board of Directors       Against   For          Shareholder


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INTELLIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Ticker:        NTLA                           Security ID:  45826J105
Meeting Date:  MAY 17, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 04, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Frank Verwiel            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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INTREXON CORPORATION

Ticker:        XON                            Security ID:  46122T102
Meeting Date:  JUN 07, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 16, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1A    Elect Director Randal J. Kirk           For       For          Management
1B    Elect Director Cesar L. Alvarez         For       Against      Management
1C    Elect Director Steven R. Frank          For       For          Management
1D    Elect Director Vinita D. Gupta          For       For          Management
1E    Elect Director Fred Hassan              For       For          Management
1F    Elect Director Jeffrey B. Kindler       For       For          Management
1G    Elect Director Dean J. Mitchell         For       For          Management
1H    Elect Director Robert B. Shapiro        For       For          Management
1I    Elect Director James S. Turley          For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management


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INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Ticker:        ISRG                           Security ID:  46120E602
Meeting Date:  SEP 22, 2017                   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:   AUG 25, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Increase Authorized Common Stock and    For       For          Management
      Effect Stock Split


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INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Ticker:        ISRG                           Security ID:  46120E602
Meeting Date:  APR 19, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   FEB 23, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Craig H. Barratt         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Michael A. Friedman      For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Gary S. Guthart          For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Amal M. Johnson          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Keith R. Leonard, Jr.    For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Alan J. Levy             For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Jami Dover Nachtsheim    For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Mark J. Rubash           For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Lonnie M. Smith          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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MERCADOLIBRE, INC.

Ticker:        MELI                           Security ID:  58733R102
Meeting Date:  JUN 15, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 19, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Nicolas Galperin         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Meyer 'Micky' Malka Rais For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Javier Olivan            For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Deloitte & Co. S.A. as Auditors  For       For          Management


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NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

Ticker:        NKTR                           Security ID:  640268108
Meeting Date:  JUN 26, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 27, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jeff Ajer                For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Robert B. Chess          For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Roy A. Whitfield         For       For          Management
2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
3     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       Against      Management
      Officers' Compensation


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OVERSTOCK.COM, INC.

Ticker:        OSTK                           Security ID:  690370101
Meeting Date:  MAY 09, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 12, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Patrick M. Byrne         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Barclay F. Corbus        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Jonathan E. Johnson, III For       For          Management
2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management


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SALESFORCE.COM, INC.

Ticker:        CRM                            Security ID:  79466L302
Meeting Date:  JUN 12, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 18, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Marc Benioff             For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Keith Block              For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Craig Conway             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Alan Hassenfeld          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Neelie Kroes             For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Colin Powell             For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Sanford Robertson        For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director John V. Roos             For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Bernard Tyson            For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Robin Washington         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Maynard Webb             For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Susan Wojcicki           For       For          Management
2     Amend Right to Call Special Meeting     For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
5     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
6     Eliminate Supermajority Vote            Against   For          Shareholder
      Requirement
7     Adopt Guidelines for Country Selection  Against   Against      Shareholder


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SERVICENOW, INC.

Ticker:        NOW                            Security ID:  81762P102
Meeting Date:  JUN 19, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 20, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Susan L. Bostrom         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Jonathan C. Chadwick     For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Frederic B. Luddy        For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Jeffrey A. Miller        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management


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SHAKE SHACK INC.

Ticker:        SHAK                           Security ID:  819047101
Meeting Date:  JUN 12, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 17, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jenna Lyons              For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Robert Vivian            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management


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STARBUCKS CORPORATION

Ticker:        SBUX                           Security ID:  855244109
Meeting Date:  MAR 21, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   JAN 11, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Howard Schultz           For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Rosalind G. Brewer       For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Mary N. Dillon           For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Mellody Hobson           For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Kevin R. Johnson         For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Jorgen Vig Knudstorp     For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Satya Nadella            For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Joshua Cooper Ramo       For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Clara Shih               For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Javier G. Teruel         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Myron E. Ullman, III     For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Craig E. Weatherup       For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
4     Proxy Access Bylaw Amendments           Against   For          Shareholder
5     Report on Sustainable Packaging         Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Report on Paid Family Leave *Withdrawn  None      None         Shareholder
      Resolution*
7     Prepare Employment Diversity Report and Against   Against      Shareholder
      Report on Diversity Policies


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TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD.

Ticker:        700                            Security ID:  G87572163
Meeting Date:  MAY 16, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAY 10, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
3a    Elect Li Dong Sheng as Director         For       For          Management
3b    Elect Iain Ferguson Bruce as Director   For       For          Management
3c    Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Directors
4     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers as       For       For          Management
      Auditor and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
5     Approve Issuance of Equity or           For       Against      Management
      Equity-Linked Securities without
      Preemptive Rights
6     Authorize Repurchase of Issued Share    For       For          Management
      Capital
7     Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased     For       Against      Management
      Shares


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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

Ticker:        TDG                            Security ID:  893641100
Meeting Date:  MAR 20, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   JAN 22, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director David Barr               For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director William Dries            For       Withhold     Management
1.3   Elect Director Mervin Dunn              For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Michael Graff            For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director Sean Hennessy            For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director W. Nicholas Howley       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Raymond Laubenthal       For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Gary E. McCullough       For       Withhold     Management
1.9   Elect Director Douglas Peacock          For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Robert Small             For       Withhold     Management
1.11  Elect Director John Staer               For       Withhold     Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       Against      Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management


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TWITTER, INC.

Ticker:        TWTR                           Security ID:  90184L102
Meeting Date:  MAY 30, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 02, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Martha Lane Fox          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director David Rosenblatt         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Evan Williams            For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Debra Lee                For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
4     Establish International Policy Board    Against   Against      Shareholder
      Committee
5     Report on Major Global Content          Against   Against      Shareholder
      Management Controversies (Fake News)


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UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION

Ticker:        UNP                            Security ID:  907818108
Meeting Date:  MAY 10, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   MAR 09, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Andrew H. Card, Jr.      For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Erroll B. Davis, Jr.     For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director David B. Dillon          For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Lance M. Fritz           For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Deborah C. Hopkins       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Jane H. Lute             For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Michael R. McCarthy      For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Thomas F. McLarty, III   For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Bhavesh V. Patel         For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Jose H. Villarreal       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder


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VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.

Ticker:        VEEV                           Security ID:  922475108
Meeting Date:  JUN 13, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 19, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Timothy C. Barabe        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Gordon Ritter            For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management


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WELBILT, INC.

Ticker:        WBT                            Security ID:  949090104
Meeting Date:  APR 27, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   FEB 28, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Cynthia M. Egnotovich    For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Dino J. Bianco           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Joan K. Chow             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Thomas D. Davis          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Janice L. Fields         For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Brian R. Gamache         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Andrew Langham           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Hubertus M. Muehlhaeuser For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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WORKDAY, INC.

Ticker:        WDAY                           Security ID:  98138H101
Meeting Date:  JUN 20, 2018                   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:   APR 23, 2018

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Aneel Bhusri             For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director David A. Duffield        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Lee J. Styslinger, III   For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For       For          Management
      Officers' Compensation
4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management




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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):   Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series

 

By  (Signature and Title)*

/s/ John H. Gernon


John H. Gernon

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Date   August 28, 2018

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.