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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:
811-04316
   
Midas Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
   
11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor, New York, NY
10005
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)

John F. Ramirez, Esq.
Midas Series Trust
11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10005

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
1-212-785-0900

Date of fiscal year end:
12/31

Date of reporting period:
07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013


Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

The information contained herein discloses the following information for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which the registrant was entitled to vote:

(a) The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;

(b) The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security;

(c) The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ("CUSIP") number for the portfolio security;

(d) The shareholder meeting date;

(e) A brief identification of the matter voted on;

(f) Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder;

(g) Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter;

(h) How the registrant cast its vote; and

(i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management.
 
 
Midas Fund

 
ALAMOS GOLD INC.
 
Ticker:       AGI            Security ID:  011527108
Meeting Date: JUN 06, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 03, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Fix Number of Directors at Six          For       For          Management
2.1   Elect Director Mark Wayne               For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director John A. McCluskey        For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Kenneth Stowe            For       For          Management
2.4   Elect Director David Gower              For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director Paul J. Murphy           For       For          Management
2.6   Elect Director Anthony Garson           For       For          Management
3     Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors   For       For          Management
      and Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
 
 

 
 
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD
 
Ticker:       ANG            Security ID:  035128206
Meeting Date: MAR 11, 2013   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  FEB 15, 2013
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Amend Long Term Incentive Plan 2005     For       For          Management
2     Amend Bonus Share Plan 2005             For       For          Management
3     Authorise Board to Ratify and Execute   For       For          Management
      Approved Resolutions
 
 

 
 
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD
 
Ticker:       ANG            Security ID:  035128206
Meeting Date: MAR 27, 2013   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  FEB 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Adopt New Memorandum of Incorporation   For       For          Management
1     Authorise Board to Ratify and Execute   For       For          Management
      Approved Resolutions
 
 

 
 
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD
 
Ticker:       ANG            Security ID:  035128206
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Reappoint Ernst & Young Inc as          For       For          Management
      Auditors of the Company
2     Elect Michael Kirkwood as Director      For       For          Management
3     Elect Tony O'Neill as Director          For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan     For       For          Management
      (Venkat) as Director
5     Re-elect Wiseman Nkuhlu as Member of    For       For          Management
      the Audit and Corporate Governance
      Committee
6     Elect Michael Kirkwood as Member of     For       For          Management
      the Audit and Corporate Governance
      Committee
7     Re-elect Rhidwaan Gasant as Member of   For       For          Management
      the Audit and Corporate Governance
      Committee
8     Re-elect Nozipho January-Bardill as     For       For          Management
      Member of the Audit and Corporate
      Governance Committee
9     Place Authorised but Unissued Shares    For       For          Management
      under Control of Directors
10    Authorise Board to Issue Shares for     For       For          Management
      Cash up to a Maximum of Five Percent
      of Issued Share Capital
11    Approve Remuneration Policy             For       For          Management
12    Approve Increase in Non-executive       For       For          Management
      Directors Fees
13    Approve Increase in Non-executive       For       For          Management
      Directors' Fees for Board Committees
      and Statutory Committee Meetings
14    Authorise Repurchase of Up to Five      For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
15    Approve Financial Assistance to         For       For          Management
      Related or Inter-related Company or
      Corporation
 
 

 
 
AURIZON MINES LTD.
 
Ticker:       ARZ            Security ID:  05155P106
Meeting Date: MAR 07, 2013   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  FEB 04, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Shareholder Rights Plan         For       Against      Management
 
 

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AURIZON MINES LTD.
 
Ticker:       ARZ            Security ID:  05155P106
Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2013   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  APR 01, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Acquisition by 0963708 B.C.     For       For          Management
      Ltd., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
      Hecla Mining Company
 

 
 
AVOCET MINING PLC
 
Ticker:       AVM            Security ID:  G06839107
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 30, 2013
 
#     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 Russell Edey as Director       For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Robert Pilkington as Director  For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Barry Rourke as Director       For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Mike Donoghue as Director      For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Gordon Wylie as Director       For       For          Management
8     Elect Noel Harwerth as Director         For       For          Management
9     Elect David Cather as Director          For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Mike Norris as Director        For       For          Management
11    Reappoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as      For       For          Management
      Auditors
12    Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
13    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
14    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
15    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
16    Authorise the Company to Call EGM with  For       For          Management
      Two Weeks' Notice
 
 

 
AVOCET MINING PLC
 
Ticker:       AVM            Security ID:  G06839107
Meeting Date: MAY 28, 2013   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  MAY 24, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve the Related Party Transaction   For       For          Management
      Between the Company and Elliott
      Associates LP
 
 

 
 
BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       ABX            Security ID:  067901108
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 27, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Howard L. Beck           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director William D. Birchall      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Donald J. Carty          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Gustavo Cisneros         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Robert M. Franklin       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director J. Brett Harvey          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Dambisa Moyo             For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Brian Mulroney           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Anthony Munk             For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Peter Munk               For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Steven J. Shapiro        For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Jamie C. Sokalsky        For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director John L. Thornton         For       For          Management
2     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
3     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       Against      Management
      Compensation Approach
 
 

 
 
CENTERRA GOLD INC.
 
Ticker:       CG             Security ID:  152006102
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 21, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ian Atkinson             For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Richard W. Connor        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Raphael A. Girard        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Karybek U. Ibraev        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Stephen A. Lang          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director John W. Lill             For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Amangeldy M. Muraliev    For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Sheryl K. Pressler       For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Terry V. Rogers          For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Bruce V. Walter          For       For          Management
2     Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and        For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
 
 

 
CGA MINING LTD.
 
Ticker:       CGX            Security ID:  Q22628103
Meeting Date: DEC 24, 2012   Meeting Type: Court
Record Date:  DEC 22, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve the Scheme of Arrangement       For       For          Management
      Between CGA Mining Limited and Its
      Shareholders
 
 

 
 
CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
 
Ticker:       CLF            Security ID:  18683K101
Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 08, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Joseph A. Carrabba       For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Susan M. Cunningham      For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director  Barry J. Eldridge       For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Andres R. Gluski         For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Susan M. Green           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Janice K. Henry          For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director  James F. Kirsch         For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director  Francis R. McAllister   For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Richard K. Riederer      For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Timothy W. Sullivan      For       For          Management
2     Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested   For       For          Management
      Election of Directors
3     Eliminate Cumulative Voting             For       For          Management
4     Permit Board to Amend Bylaws Without    For       For          Management
      Shareholder Consent
5     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
6     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
CORVUS GOLD INC.
 
Ticker:       KOR            Security ID:  221013105
Meeting Date: OCT 16, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 11, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Fix Number of Directors at Six          For       For          Management
2.1   Elect Director Anton J. Drescher        For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director Edward Yarrow            For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Jeffrey A. Pontius       For       Withhold     Management
2.4   Elect Director Rowland Perkins          For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director Daniel Carriere          For       For          Management
2.6   Elect Director Steve Aaker              For       For          Management
3     Approve MacKay LLP as Auditors and      For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
 
 

 
 
DETOUR GOLD CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       DGC            Security ID:  250669108
Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  APR 04, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Peter E. Crossgrove      For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Louis Dionne             For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Robert E. Doyle          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Andre Falzon             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Ingrid J. Hibbard        For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director J. Michael Kenyon        For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Alex G. Morrison         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Gerald S. Panneton       For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Jonathan Rubenstein      For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Graham Wozniak           For       For          Management
2     Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and        For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
3     Amend By-Laws                           For       For          Management
4     Approve Increase in Maximum Number of   For       For          Management
      Directors from Ten to Sixteen
5     Re-approve Stock Option Plan            For       Against      Management
 
 

 
 
ELDORADO GOLD CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       ELD            Security ID:  284902103
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director K. Ross Cory             For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Robert R. Gilmore        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Geoffrey A. Handley      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Wayne D. Lenton          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Michael A. Price         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Steven P. Reid           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Jonathan A. Rubenstein   For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Donald M. Shumka         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Paul N. Wright           For       For          Management
2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management
3     Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
 
 

 
 
GEOMARK EXPLORATION LTD.
 
Ticker:       GME            Security ID:  37252H109
Meeting Date: OCT 18, 2012   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  SEP 18, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Amalgamation with Pine Cliff    For       For          Management
      Energy Ltd.
 
 

 
 
GOLDCORP INC.
 
Ticker:       G              Security ID:  380956409
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAR 18, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
a1    Elect Director John P. Bell             For       For          Management
a2    Elect Director Beverley A. Briscoe      For       For          Management
a3    Elect Director Peter J. Dey             For       For          Management
a4    Elect Director Douglas M. Holtby        For       For          Management
a5    Elect Director Charles A. Jeannes       For       For          Management
a6    Elect Director P. Randy Reifel          For       For          Management
a7    Elect Director A. Dan Rovig             For       For          Management
a8    Elect Director Ian W. Telfer            For       For          Management
a9    Elect Director Blanca Trevino           For       For          Management
a10   Elect Director Kenneth F. Williamson    For       For          Management
2     Approve Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
3     Amend Restricted Share Unit Plan        For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach
 
 

 
 
HUDBAY MINERALS INC.
 
Ticker:       HBM            Security ID:  443628102
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  APR 02, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Amend Long Term Equity Plan             For       For          Management
2.1   Elect Director David Garofalo           For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director Tom A. Goodman           For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Alan R. Hibben           For       For          Management
2.4   Elect Director W. Warren Holmes         For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director John L. Knowles          For       For          Management
2.6   Elect Director Alan J. Lenczner         For       For          Management
2.7   Elect Director Kenneth G. Stowe         For       For          Management
2.8   Elect Director G. Wesley Voorheis       For       For          Management
3     Approve Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
 
 

 
 
KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       K              Security ID:  496902404
Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect John A. Brough as Director        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect John K. Carrington as Director    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect John M.H. Huxley as Director      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Kenneth C. Irving as Director     For       For          Management
1.5   Elect John A. Keyes as Director         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect John A. Macken as Director        For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Catherine McLeod-Seltzer as       For       For          Management
      Director
1.8   Elect John E. Oliver as Director        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Una M. Power as Director          For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Terence C.W. Reid  as Director    For       For          Management
1.11  Elect J. Paul Rollinson as Director     For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Ruth G. Woods as Director         For       For          Management
2     Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and        For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
3     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach
 
 

 
 
NEWCREST MINING LTD.
 
Ticker:       NCM            Security ID:  Q6651B114
Meeting Date: OCT 25, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  OCT 23, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
2a    Elect Gerard Michael Bond as a Director For       For          Management
2b    Elect Vince Gauci as a Director         For       For          Management
3     Approve the Adoption of the             For       For          Management
      Remuneration Report
 
 

 
 
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       NEM            Security ID:  651639106
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Bruce R. Brook           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director J. Kofi Bucknor          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco       For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Joseph A. Carrabba       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Noreen Doyle             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Gary J. Goldberg         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Jane Nelson              For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Donald C. Roth           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Simon R. Thompson        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
5     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS LTD.
 
Ticker:       NDM            Security ID:  66510M204
Meeting Date: JUN 19, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAY 08, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Scott D. Cousens         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Robert A. Dickinson      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Gordon J. Fretwell       For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Russell E. Hallbauer     For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Wayne Kirk               For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Peter Mitchell           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Stephen V. Scott         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Marchand Snyman          For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Ronald W. Thiessen       For       For          Management
2     Approve Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
3     Approve Advance Notice Policy           For       Against      Management
4     Approve Shareholder Rights Plan         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
OSISKO MINING CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       OSK            Security ID:  688278100
Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAR 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Victor H. Bradley        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director John F. Burzynski        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Marcel Cote              For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Michele Darling          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Joanne Ferstman          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Staph Leavenworth Bakali For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director William A. MacKinnon     For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Charles E. Page          For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Sean Roosen              For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Gary A. Sugar            For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Serge Vezina             For       For          Management
2     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
3     Allow Board to Appoint Additional       For       For          Management
      Directors Between Annual Meetings
4     Approve Shareholder Rights Plan         For       For          Management
5     Approve Advance Notice Policy           For       Against      Management
6     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach
 

 
PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD.
 
Ticker:       PTM            Security ID:  72765Q205
Meeting Date: JAN 08, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  NOV 16, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Fix Number of Directors at Six          For       For          Management
2.1   Elect Director R. Michael Jones         For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director Frank R. Hallam          For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Eric Carlson             For       For          Management
2.4   Elect Director Barry W. Smee            For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director Iain D.C. McLean         For       For          Management
2.6   Elect Director Timothy D. Marlow        For       For          Management
3     Approve PricewaterhouseCoppers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
4     Re-approve Stock Option Plan            For       Against      Management
5     Approve Shareholder Rights Plan         For       Against      Management
6     Other Business                          For       Against      Management
 
 

 
 
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LTD
 
Ticker:       RRS            Security ID:  752344309
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2013
 
#     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     Re-elect Philippe Lietard as Director   For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Mark Bristow as Director       For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Norborne Cole Jr as Director   For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Christopher Coleman as         For       For          Management
      Director
8     Re-elect Kadri Dagdelen as Director     For       For          Management
9     Elect Jeanine Mabunda Lioko as Director For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Graham Shuttleworth as         For       For          Management
      Director
11    Re-elect Andrew Quinn as Director       For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Karl Voltaire as Director      For       For          Management
13    Reappoint BDO LLP as Auditors           For       For          Management
14    Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
15    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
16    Approve Awards of Ordinary Shares to    For       For          Management
      Non-executive Directors
17    Approve Grant of a One-Off Career       For       Against      Management
      Shares Award of Ordinary Shares to the
      CEO
18    Approve Increase in Non-Executive       For       For          Management
      Directors' Aggregate Fees
19    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
20    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
 
 

 
 
RESOLUTE MINING LTD.
 
Ticker:       RSG            Security ID:  Q81068100
Meeting Date: NOV 27, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  NOV 25, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve the Adoption of the             For       For          Management
      Remuneration Report
2     Elect Peter Ernest Huston as a Director For       For          Management
3     Approve the Resolute Mining             For       For          Management
      Performance Rights Plan
4     Approve the Grant of Up to 546,875      For       For          Management
      Performance Rights to Peter Sullivan
 
 

 
 
RIO TINTO PLC
 
Ticker:       RIO            Security ID:  767204100
Meeting Date: APR 18, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2013
 
#     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 Robert Brown as Director       For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Vivienne Cox as Director       For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Jan du Plessis as Director     For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Guy Elliott as Director        For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Michael Fitzpatrick as         For       For          Management
      Director
8     Re-elect Ann Godbehere as Director      For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Richard Goodmanson as Director For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Lord Kerr as Director          For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Chris Lynch as Director        For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Paul Tellier as Director       For       For          Management
13    Re-elect John Varley as Director        For       For          Management
14    Re-elect Sam Walsh as Director          For       For          Management
15    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP    For       For          Management
      as Auditors
16    Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
17    Approve Performance Share Plan          For       For          Management
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 EGM with  For       For          Management
      Two Weeks' Notice
 
 

 
 
ROMARCO MINERALS INC.
 
Ticker:       R              Security ID:  775903206
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  APR 10, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Diane R. Garrett         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director James R. Arnold          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Leendert G. Krol         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Robert (Don) MacDonald   For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director John O. Marsden          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Patrick Michaels         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Robert van Doorn         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Gary A. Sugar            For       For          Management
2     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
3     Amend Stock Option Plan                 For       For          Management
 
 

 
SILVERCORP METALS INC.
 
Ticker:       SVM            Security ID:  82835P103
Meeting Date: SEP 28, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  AUG 17, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Fix Number of Directors at Seven        For       For          Management
2.1   Elect Director Rui Feng                 For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director Myles Jianguo Gao        For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Yikang Liu               For       For          Management
2.4   Elect Director David Kong               For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director S. Paul Simpson          For       For          Management
2.6   Elect Director Robert Gayton            For       For          Management
2.7   Elect Director Earl Drake               For       For          Management
3     Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors   For       For          Management
      and Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
4     Re-approve Stock Option Plan            For       Against      Management
5     Ratify All Acts of Directors and        For       For          Management
      Officers
6     Other Business                          For       Against      Management
 
 
 
Midas Magic

 
ACCENTURE PLC
Ticker:       ACN            Security ID:  G1151C101
Meeting Date: FEB 06, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  DEC 11, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2.1   Elect Director William L. Kimsey        For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director Robert I. Lipp           For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Pierre Nanterme          For       For          Management
2.4   Elect Director Gilles C. Pelisson       For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director Wulf von Schimmelmann    For       For          Management
3     Approve Auditors and Authorize Board    For       For          Management
      to Fix Their  Remuneration
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
5     Amend 2010 Share Incentive Plan         For       Against      Management
6     Authorize the Holding of the 2014 AGM   For       For          Management
      at a Location Outside Ireland
7     Authorize Open-Market Purchases of      For       For          Management
      Class A Ordinary Shares
8     Determine the Price Range at which      For       For          Management
      Accenture Plc can Re-issue Shares that
      it Acquires as Treasury Stock
9     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
APPLE INC.
 
Ticker:       AAPL           Security ID:  037833100
Meeting Date: FEB 27, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JAN 02, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William Campbell         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Timothy Cook             For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Millard Drexler          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Al Gore                  For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Robert Iger              For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Andrea Jung              For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Arthur Levinson          For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Ronald Sugar             For       For          Management
2     Amend Articles of Incorporation         For       For          Management
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
5     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
6     Establish Board Committee on Human      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Rights
 
 

 
 
ASTRAZENECA PLC
 
Ticker:       AZN            Security ID:  046353108
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Approve Dividends                       For       For          Management
3     Reappoint KPMG Audit plc as Auditors    For       For          Management
4     Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of  For       For          Management
      Auditors
5(a)  Re-elect Leif Johansson as Director     For       For          Management
5(b)  Elect Pascal Soriot as Director         For       For          Management
5(c)  Re-elect Simon Lowth as Director        For       For          Management
5(d)  Re-elect Genevieve Berger as Director   For       For          Management
5(e)  Re-elect Bruce Burlington as Director   For       For          Management
5(f)  Re-elect Graham Chipchase as Director   For       For          Management
5(g)  Re-elect Jean-Philippe Courtois as      For       For          Management
      Director
5(h)  Re-elect Rudy Markham as Director       For       For          Management
5(i)  Re-elect Nancy Rothwell as Director     For       For          Management
5(j)  Re-elect Shriti Vadera as Director      For       For          Management
5(k)  Re-elect John Varley as Director        For       For          Management
5(l)  Re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as Director  For       For          Management
6     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
7     Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management
      Expenditure
8     Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
9     Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management
      Pre-emptive Rights
10    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management
      Shares
11    Authorise the Company to Call EGM with  For       For          Management
      Two Weeks' Notice
 
 

 
 
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
 
Ticker:       ADP            Security ID:  053015103
Meeting Date: NOV 13, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 14, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ellen R. Alemany         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Gregory D. Brenneman     For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Leslie A. Brun           For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Richard T. Clark         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Eric C. Fast             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Linda R. Gooden          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director John P. Jones            For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Carlos A. Rodriguez      For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Enrique T. Salem         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Gregory L. Summe         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
 
 

 
 
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
 
Ticker:       BDX            Security ID:  075887109
Meeting Date: JAN 29, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  DEC 07, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Basil L. Anderson        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Henry P. Becton, Jr.     For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Catherine M. Burzik      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Edward F. DeGraan        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Vincent A. Forlenza      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Claire M. Fraser         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Christopher Jones        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Marshall O. Larsen       For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Adel A.F. Mahmoud        For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Gary A. Mecklenburg      For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director James F. Orr             For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Willard J. Overlock, Jr. For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Rebecca W. Rimel         For       For          Management
1.14  Elect Director Bertram L. Scott         For       For          Management
1.15  Elect Director Alfred Sommer            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Rescind Fair Price Provision            For       For          Management
5     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
 
Ticker:       BRK.B          Security ID:  084670702
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 06, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Warren E. Buffett        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Charles T. Munger        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Howard G. Buffett        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Stephen B. Burke         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Susan L. Decker          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director William H. Gates III     For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director David S. Gottesman       For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Charlotte Guyman         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Donald R. Keough         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Thomas S. Murphy         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Ronald L. Olson          For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Walter Scott, Jr.        For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Meryl B. Witmer          For       For          Management
2     Adopt Quantitative Goals for GHG and    Against   For          Shareholder
      Other Air Emissions
 
 

 
 
CERNER CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       CERN           Security ID:  156782104
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 05, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr.    For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Denis A. Cortese         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Linda M. Dillman         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Declassify the Board of Directors       For       For          Management
5     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       CHK            Security ID:  165167107
Meeting Date: JUN 14, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Bob G. Alexander         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Merrill A. ('Pete')      For       For          Management
      Miller, Jr.
1c    Elect Director Thomas L. Ryan           For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Vincent J. Intrieri      For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Frederic M. Poses        For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Archie W. Dunham         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director R. Brad Martin           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Louis A. Raspino         For       For          Management
2     Declassify the Board of Directors       For       For          Management
3     Provide Proxy Access Right              For       For          Management
4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management
5     Approve Non-Employee Director           For       For          Management
      Restricted Stock Plan
6     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
7     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
8     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management
9     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
10    Establish Risk Oversight Committee      Against   Against      Shareholder
11    Reincorporate in Another State [from    Against   Against      Shareholder
      Oklahoma to Delaware]
12    Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Plans        Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
CHEVRON CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       CVX            Security ID:  166764100
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 03, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Linnet F. Deily          For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Robert E. Denham         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Alice P. Gast            For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.   For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director George L. Kirkland       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Charles W. Moorman, IV   For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Kevin W. Sharer          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director John G. Stumpf           For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar          For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Carl Ware                For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director John S. Watson           For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
5     Report on Management of Hydraulic       Against   For          Shareholder
      Fracturing Risks and Opportunities
6     Report on Offshore Oil Wells and Spill  Against   Against      Shareholder
      Mitigation Measures
7     Report on Financial Risks of Climate    Against   Against      Shareholder
      Change
8     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
9     Prohibit Political Contributions        Against   Against      Shareholder
10    Provide for Cumulative Voting           Against   For          Shareholder
11    Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call   Against   For          Shareholder
      Special Meetings
12    Require Director Nominee with           Against   For          Shareholder
      Environmental Expertise
13    Adopt Guidelines for Country Selection  Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
 
Ticker:       CHD            Security ID:  171340102
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 04, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Bradley C. Irwin         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Penry W. Price           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Arthur B. Winkleblack    For       For          Management
2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       COST           Security ID:  22160K105
Meeting Date: JAN 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  NOV 23, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.  For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director William H. Gates         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Hamilton E. James        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Craig Jelinek         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Jill S. Ruckelshaus      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Declassify the Board of Directors       Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
ECOLAB INC.
 
Ticker:       ECL            Security ID:  278865100
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 05, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Douglas M. Baker, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Barbara J. Beck          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Leslie S. Biller         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Stephen I. Chazen        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Jerry A. Grundhofer      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Arthur J. Higgins        For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Joel W. Johnson          For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Michael Larson           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Jerry W. Levin           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Robert L. Lumpkins       For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Victoria J. Reich        For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Mary M. VanDeWeghe       For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director John J. Zillmer          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
5     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
6     Require Consistency with Corporate      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Values and Report on Political
      Contributions
 
 

 
 
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       XOM            Security ID:  30231G102
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 04, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director M.J. Boskin              For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director P. Brabeck-Letmathe      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director U.M. Burns               For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director L.R. Faulkner            For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director J.S. Fishman             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director H.H. Fore                For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director K.C. Frazier             For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director W.W. George              For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director S.J. Palmisano           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director S.S. Reinemund           For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director R.W. Tillerson           For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director W.C. Weldon              For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr.       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
5     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder
      Election of Directors
6     Limit Directors to a Maximum of Three   Against   Against      Shareholder
      Board Memberships in Companies with
      Sales over $500 Million Annually
7     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
8     Study Feasibility of Prohibiting        Against   Against      Shareholder
      Political Contributions
9     Adopt Sexual Orientation Anti-bias      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Policy
10    Report on Management of Hydraulic       Against   For          Shareholder
      Fracturing Risks and Opportunities
11    Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for        Against   For          Shareholder
      Products and Operations
 
 

 
 
FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
 
Ticker:       BEN            Security ID:  354613101
Meeting Date: MAR 13, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JAN 16, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost       For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Peter K. Barker          For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Charles Crocker          For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Charles B. Johnson       For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Gregory E. Johnson       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.   For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Mark C. Pigott           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Chutta Ratnathicam       For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Laura Stein              For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock          For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Geoffrey Y. Yang         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Institute Procedures to Prevent         Against   Against      Shareholder
      Investments in Companies that
      Contribute to Genocide or Crimes
      Against Humanity
 

 
 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
Ticker:       GE             Security ID:  369604103
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director W. Geoffrey Beattie      For       For          Management
2     Elect Director John J. Brennan          For       For          Management
3     Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr.       For       For          Management
4     Elect Director Francisco D'Souza        For       For          Management
5     Elect Director Marijn E. Dekkers        For       For          Management
6     Elect Director Ann M. Fudge             For       For          Management
7     Elect Director Susan Hockfield          For       For          Management
8     Elect Director Jeffrey R. Immelt        For       For          Management
9     Elect Director Andrea Jung              For       For          Management
10    Elect Director Robert W. Lane           For       For          Management
11    Elect Director Ralph S. Larsen          For       For          Management
12    Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus      For       For          Management
13    Elect Director James J. Mulva           For       For          Management
14    Elect Director Mary L. Schapiro         For       For          Management
15    Elect Director Robert J. Swieringa      For       For          Management
16    Elect Director James S. Tisch           For       For          Management
17    Elect Director Douglas A. Warner, III   For       For          Management
18    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
19    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
20    Cessation of All Stock Options and      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Bonuses
21    Establish Term Limits for Directors     Against   Against      Shareholder
22    Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
23    Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   Against      Shareholder
24    Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
25    Require More Director Nominations Than  Against   Against      Shareholder
      Open Seats
 
 

 
 
GOOGLE INC.
 
Ticker:       GOOG           Security ID:  38259P508
Meeting Date: JUN 06, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 08, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Larry Page               For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Sergey Brin              For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Eric E. Schmidt          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director L. John Doerr            For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Diane B. Greene          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director John L. Hennessy         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Ann Mather               For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Paul S. Otellini         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director K. Ram Shriram           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Shirley M. Tilghman      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Report on Reducing Lead Battery Health  Against   For          Shareholder
      Hazards
4     Approve Recapitalization Plan for all   Against   For          Shareholder
      Stock to Have One-vote per Share
5     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
6     Adopt Policy on Succession Planning     Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       IBM            Security ID:  459200101
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 01, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director William R. Brody         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Michael L. Eskew         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director David N. Farr            For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson      For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director James W. Owens           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Virginia M. Rometty      For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Joan E. Spero            For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Sidney Taurel            For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Lorenzo H. Zambrano      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
5     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder
6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
7     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
 
Ticker:       JNJ            Security ID:  478160104
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 26, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Mary Sue Coleman         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director James G. Cullen          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Ian E.L. Davis           For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Alex Gorsky              For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Michael M.E. Johns       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy          For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Leo F. Mullin            For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director William D. Perez         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Charles Prince           For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director A. Eugene Washington     For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Ronald A. Williams       For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
4     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
5     Screen Political Contributions for      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Consistency with Corporate Values
6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
 
 

 
 
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
 
Ticker:       JPM            Security ID:  46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 22, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director James A. Bell            For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Crandall C.Bowles        For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Stephen B. Burke         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director David M. Cote            For       Against      Management
1e    Elect Director James S. Crown           For       Against      Management
1f    Elect Director James Dimon              For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn         For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Ellen V. Futter          For       Against      Management
1i    Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr.    For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Lee R. Raymond           For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director William C. Weldon        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent For       For          Management
5     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management
6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
7     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   Against      Shareholder
8     Institute Procedures to Prevent         Against   Against      Shareholder
      Investments in Companies that
      Contribute to Genocide or Crimes
      Against Humanity
9     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   Against      Shareholder
 
 

 
 
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
 
Ticker:       MA             Security ID:  57636Q104
Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 19, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Richard Haythornthwaite  For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Ajay Banga               For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Silvio Barzi             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director David R. Carlucci        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Steven J. Freiberg       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Nancy J. Karch           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Marc Olivie              For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Rima Qureshi             For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Jose Octavio Reyes       For       For          Management
      Lagunes
1j    Elect Director Mark Schwartz            For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Jackson P. Tai           For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Edward Suning Tian       For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
 
Ticker:       WFC            Security ID:  949746101
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 26, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director John D. Baker, II        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Elaine L. Chao           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director John S. Chen             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Lloyd H. Dean            For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Susan E. Engel           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.   For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Donald M. James          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Cynthia H. Milligan      For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Federico F. Pena         For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Howard V. Richardson     For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Judith M. Runstad        For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger        For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director John G. Stumpf           For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Susan G. Swenson         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
5     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   Against      Shareholder
7     Review Fair Housing and Fair Lending    Against   For          Shareholder
      Compliance
 
 
 
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APPLE INC.
 
Ticker:       AAPL           Security ID:  037833100
Meeting Date: FEB 27, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JAN 02, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William Campbell         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Timothy Cook             For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Millard Drexler          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Al Gore                  For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Robert Iger              For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Andrea Jung              For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Arthur Levinson          For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Ronald Sugar             For       For          Management
2     Amend Articles of Incorporation         For       For          Management
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
5     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
6     Establish Board Committee on Human      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Rights
 
 

 
 
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
 
Ticker:       AVB            Security ID:  053484101
Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 08, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Glyn F. Aeppel           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Alan B. Buckelew         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Bruce A. Choate          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director John J. Healy, Jr.       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Timothy J. Naughton      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Lance R. Primis          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Peter S. Rummell         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director H. Jay Sarles            For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director W. Edward Walter         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
BHP BILLITON LIMITED
 
Ticker:       BHP            Security ID:  088606108
Meeting Date: NOV 29, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 14, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept the Financial Statements and     For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports for BHP Billiton Ltd
      and BHP Billiton Plc
2     Elect Pat Davies as Director of BHP     For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
3     Elect Malcolm Broomhead as Director of  For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
4     Elect John Buchanan as Director of BHP  For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
5     Elect Carlos Cordeiro as Director of    For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
6     Elect David Crawford as Director of     For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
7     Elect Carolyn Hewson as Director of     For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
8     Elect Marius Kloppers as Director of    For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
9     Elect Lindsay Maxsted as Director of    For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
10    Elect Wayne Murdy as Director of BHP    For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
11    Elect Keith Rumble as Director of BHP   For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
12    Elect John Schubert as Director of BHP  For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
13    Elect Shriti Vadera as Director of BHP  For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
14    Elect Jac Nasser as Director of BHP     For       For          Management
      Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc
15    Appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditor of    For       For          Management
      BHP Billiton Plc
16    Approve the Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      in BHP Billiton Plc
17    Approve the Authority to Issue Shares   For       For          Management
      in BHP Billiton Plc for Cash
18    Approve the Repurchase of Up to 213.62  For       For          Management
      Million Shares in BHP Billiton Plc
19    Approve the Remuneration Report         For       For          Management
20    Approve the Grant of Long Term          For       For          Management
      Incentive Performance Shares to Marius
      Kloppers, Executive Director of the
      Company
 
 

 
 
CAMECO CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       CCO            Security ID:  13321L108
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast*    Sponsor
A     The Undersigned Hereby Certifies that   None      Did Not Vote Management
      the Shares Represented by this Proxy
      are Owned and Controlled by a Canadian
B1    Elect Director Ian Bruce                For       Did Not Vote Management
B2    Elect Director Daniel Camus             For       Did Not Vote Management
B3    Elect Director John Clappison           For       Did Not Vote Management
B4    Elect Director Joe Colvin               For       Did Not Vote Management
B5    Elect Director James Curtiss            For       Did Not Vote Management
B6    Elect Director Donald Deranger          For       Did Not Vote Management
B7    Elect Director Tim Gitzel               For       Did Not Vote Management
B8    Elect Director James Gowans             For       Did Not Vote Management
B9    Elect Director Nancy Hopkins            For       Did Not Vote Management
B10   Elect Director Anne McLellan            For       Did Not Vote Management
B11   Elect Director Neil McMillan            For       Did Not Vote Management
B12   Elect Director Victor Zaleschuk         For       Did Not Vote Management
C     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       Did Not Vote Management
D     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       Did Not Vote Management
      Compensation Approach
 
* The Registrant was not eligible to vote at this meeting because it could not
certify that it is owned and controlled by a Canadian.
 

 
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY
 
Ticker:       CNR            Security ID:  136375102
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 06, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Michael R. Armellino     For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director A. Charles Baillie       For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Hugh J. Bolton           For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Donald J. Carty          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Gordon D. Giffin         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Edith E. Holiday         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director V. Maureen Kempston      For       For          Management
      Darkes
1.8   Elect Director Denis Losier             For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Edward C. Lumley         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director David G.A. McLean        For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Claude Mongeau           For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director James E. O'Connor        For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Robert Pace              For       For          Management
2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach
 
 

 
 
CHINA LIFE INSURANCE CO. LIMITED
 
Ticker:       02628          Security ID:  16939P106
Meeting Date: JUL 10, 2012   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  JUN 08, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Yang Mingsheng as Executive       For       For          Management
      Director
2     Elect Wan Feng as Executive Director    For       For          Management
3     Elect Lin Dairen as Executive Director  For       For          Management
4     Elect Liu Yingqi as Executive Director  For       For          Management
5     Elect Miao Jianmin as Non-Executive     For       For          Management
      Director
6     Elect Zhang Xiangxian as Non-Executive  For       For          Management
      Director
7     Elect Wang Sidong as Non-Executive      For       For          Management
      Director
8     Elect Sun Changji as Independent        For       For          Management
      Non-Executive Director
9     Elect Bruce Douglas Moore as            For       For          Management
      Independent Non-Executive Director
10    Elect Anthony Francis Neoh as           For       For          Management
      Independent Non-Executive Director
11    Elect Xia Zhihua as Shareholder         For       For          Management
      Representative Supervisor
12    Elect Shi Xiangming as Shareholder      For       For          Management
      Representative Supervisor
13    Elect Tang Jianbang as Independent      For       For          Shareholder
      Non-Executive Director
14    Elect Luo Zhongmin as External          For       For          Shareholder
      Supervisor
 
 

 
 
CHINA LIFE INSURANCE CO. LIMITED
 
Ticker:       02628          Security ID:  16939P106
Meeting Date: FEB 19, 2013   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  JAN 18, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Auditors and Authorize Board    For       For          Management
      to Fix Their Remuneration
2     Amend Articles of Association of the    For       For          Management
      Company
3     Amend Procedural Rules for the Board    For       For          Management
      of Directors Meetings
 
 

 
 
CHINA LIFE INSURANCE CO. LIMITED
 
Ticker:       02628          Security ID:  16939P106
Meeting Date: JUN 05, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 03, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Report of Board of Directors    For       For          Management
2     Approve Report of Supervisory Committee For       For          Management
3     Approve Financial Report                For       For          Management
4     Approve Profit Distribution Plan        For       For          Management
5     Approve Remuneration of Directors and   For       For          Management
      Supervisors
6     Approve Remuneration of Auditors for    For       For          Management
      the Year 2012
7     Approve Appointment of Auditors for     For       For          Management
      the Year 2013
8     Approve Cap Amounts in Respect of the   For       For          Management
      Framework Agreement with China Guangfa
      Bank Co. Ltd.
9     Amend Articles of Association           For       For          Management
10    Review Duty Report of Independent       None      None         Management
      Directors for the Year 2012
11    Review Status of Connected              None      None         Management
      Transactions and Execution of
      Connected Transaction Management
      System of the Company for the Year 2012
 
 

 
 
CHINA MOBILE LIMITED
 
Ticker:       00941          Security ID:  16941M109
Meeting Date: MAY 30, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 22, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports
2     Declare Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
3.1   Elect Li Yue as Director                For       For          Management
3.2   Elect Xue Taohai as Director            For       For          Management
3.3   Elect Huang Wenlin as Director          For       For          Management
4     Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers and      For       For          Management
      PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs
      Limited as Auditors of the Company and
      its Subsidiaries for Hong Kong
      Financial Reporting and U.S. Financial
      Reporting, Respectively and Authorize
      Board to Fix Their Remuneration
5     Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
6     Approve Issuance of Equity or           For       Against      Management
      Equity-Linked Securities without
      Preemptive Rights
7     Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased     For       Against      Management
      Shares
 
 

 
 
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
 
Ticker:       CSCO           Security ID:  17275R102
Meeting Date: NOV 15, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 17, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Carol A. Bartz           For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Marc Benioff             For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director M. Michele Burns         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Michael D. Capellas      For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Larry R. Carter          For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director John T. Chambers         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Brian L. Halla           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director John L. Hennessy         For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson      For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Richard M. Kovacevich    For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Roderick C. McGeary      For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Arun Sarin               For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Steven M. West           For       For          Management
2     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
5     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Report on Eliminating Conflict          Against   Against      Shareholder
      Minerals from Supply Chain
 
 

 
 
CNOOC LTD.
 
Ticker:       00883          Security ID:  126132109
Meeting Date: AUG 21, 2012   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  JUL 23, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Coalbed Methane Resources       For       For          Management
      Exploration and Development
      Cooperation Agreement and Related
      Transactions
 
 

 
 
CNOOC LTD.
 
Ticker:       00883          Security ID:  126132109
Meeting Date: NOV 21, 2012   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  OCT 19, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Non-exempt Revised Caps for     For       For          Management
      Relevant Categories of the Continuing
      Connected Transactions in Respect of
      2012 and 2013
 
 

 
 
CNOOC LTD.
 
Ticker:       00883          Security ID:  126132109
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 23, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
A1    Approve Audited Accounts with           For       For          Management
      Director's Report and Auditors' Report
A2    Declare Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
A3    Elect Yang Hua as Director              For       For          Management
A4    Elect Zhou Shouwei as Director          For       For          Management
A5    Elect Chiu Sung Hong as Director        For       For          Management
A6    Authorize the Board to Fix              For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Directors
A7    Appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as     For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
B1    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of Issued Share Capital
B2    Approve Issuance of Equity or           For       Against      Management
      Equity-Linked Securities without
      Preemptive Rights
B3    Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased     For       Against      Management
      Shares
 
 

 
 
COMCAST CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       CMCSA          Security ID:  20030N101
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 06, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Kenneth J. Bacon         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Sheldon M. Bonovitz      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Joseph J. Collins        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director J. Michael Cook          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Gerald L. Hassell        For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Jeffrey A. Honickman     For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Eduardo G. Mestre        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Brian L. Roberts         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Ralph J. Roberts         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Johnathan A. Rodgers     For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Judith Rodin             For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   For          Shareholder
4     Approve Recapitalization Plan for all   Against   For          Shareholder
      Stock to Have One-vote per Share
 
 

 
 
COMPANHIA DE BEBIDAS DAS AMERICAS - AMBEV
 
Ticker:       AMBV4          Security ID:  20441W203
Meeting Date: APR 29, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  APR 12, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Financial Statements and         None      None         Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year
      Ended Dec. 31, 2012
2     Approve Allocation of Income and        None      None         Management
      Dividends
3     Elect Fiscal Council Members and        For       For          Management
      Alternates
4     Approve Remuneration of Company's       None      None         Management
      Management
1     Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in    None      None         Management
      Capital
 
 

 
 
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
 
Ticker:       MCF            Security ID:  21075N204
Meeting Date: NOV 29, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  OCT 08, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director Kenneth R. Peak          For       For          Management
2     Elect Director Brad Juneau              For       For          Management
3     Elect Director B.A. Berilgen            For       For          Management
4     Elect Director Jay D. Brehmer           For       For          Management
5     Elect Director Charles M. Reimer        For       For          Management
6     Elect Director Steven L. Schoonover     For       For          Management
7     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
8     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
EOG RESOURCES, INC.
 
Ticker:       EOG            Security ID:  26875P101
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 08, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Charles R. Crisp         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director  James C. Day            For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Mark G. Papa             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director H. Leighton Steward      For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Donald F. Textor         For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director William R. Thomas        For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Frank G. Wisner          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
 
 

 
 
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       XOM            Security ID:  30231G102
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 04, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director M.J. Boskin              For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director P. Brabeck-Letmathe      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director U.M. Burns               For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director L.R. Faulkner            For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director J.S. Fishman             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director H.H. Fore                For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director K.C. Frazier             For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director W.W. George              For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director S.J. Palmisano           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director S.S. Reinemund           For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director R.W. Tillerson           For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director W.C. Weldon              For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr.       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
5     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder
      Election of Directors
6     Limit Directors to a Maximum of Three   Against   Against      Shareholder
      Board Memberships in Companies with
      Sales over $500 Million Annually
7     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
8     Study Feasibility of Prohibiting        Against   Against      Shareholder
      Political Contributions
9     Adopt Sexual Orientation Anti-bias      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Policy
10    Report on Management of Hydraulic       Against   For          Shareholder
      Fracturing Risks and Opportunities
11    Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for        Against   For          Shareholder
      Products and Operations
 
 

 
 
FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD.
 
Ticker:       FM             Security ID:  335934105
Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Fix Number of Directors at Nine         For       For          Management
2.1   Elect Director Philip K. R. Pascall     For       For          Management
2.2   Elect Director G. Clive Newall          For       For          Management
2.3   Elect Director Martin R. Rowley         For       For          Management
2.4   Elect Director Peter St. George         For       For          Management
2.5   Elect Director Andrew B. Adams          For       For          Management
2.6   Elect Director Michael Martineau        For       For          Management
2.7   Elect Director Paul Brunner             For       For          Management
2.8   Elect Director Michael Hanley           For       For          Management
2.9   Elect Director Robert Harding           For       For          Management
3     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
4     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach
 
 

 
 
HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.
 
Ticker:       HCN            Security ID:  42217K106
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 05, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William C. Ballard, Jr.  For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director George L. Chapman        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Thomas J. DeRosa         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Jeffrey H. Donahue       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Peter J. Grua            For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Fred S. Klipsch          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Sharon M. Oster          For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Jeffrey R. Otten         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Judith C. Pelham         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director R. Scott Trumbull        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       IBM            Security ID:  459200101
Meeting Date: APR 30, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 01, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Alain J.P. Belda         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director William R. Brody         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Kenneth I. Chenault      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Michael L. Eskew         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director David N. Farr            For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson      For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director W. James McNerney, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director James W. Owens           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Virginia M. Rometty      For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Joan E. Spero            For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Sidney Taurel            For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Lorenzo H. Zambrano      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
5     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder
6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
7     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
 
Ticker:       MA             Security ID:  57636Q104
Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 19, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Richard Haythornthwaite  For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Ajay Banga               For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Silvio Barzi             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director David R. Carlucci        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Steven J. Freiberg       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Nancy J. Karch           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Marc Olivie              For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Rima Qureshi             For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Jose Octavio Reyes       For       For          Management
      Lagunes
1j    Elect Director Mark Schwartz            For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Jackson P. Tai           For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Edward Suning Tian       For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       MSFT           Security ID:  594918104
Meeting Date: NOV 28, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 14, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director Steven A. Ballmer        For       For          Management
2     Elect Director Dina Dublon              For       For          Management
3     Elect Director William H. Gates, III    For       For          Management
4     Elect Director Maria M. Klawe           For       For          Management
5     Elect Director Stephen J. Luczo         For       For          Management
6     Elect Director David F. Marquardt       For       For          Management
7     Elect Director Charles H. Noski         For       For          Management
8     Elect Director Helmut Panke             For       For          Management
9     Elect Director John W. Thompson         For       For          Management
10    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
11    Approve Qualified Employee Stock        For       For          Management
      Purchase Plan
12    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
13    Provide for Cumulative Voting           Against   For          Shareholder
 

 
 
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       NEM            Security ID:  651639106
Meeting Date: APR 24, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Bruce R. Brook           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director J. Kofi Bucknor          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Vincent A. Calarco       For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Joseph A. Carrabba       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Noreen Doyle             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Gary J. Goldberg         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Jane Nelson              For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Donald C. Roth           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Simon R. Thompson        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
5     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management
 
 

 
 
NOVARTIS AG
 
Ticker:       NOVN           Security ID:  66987V109
Meeting Date: FEB 22, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JAN 22, 2013
 
#     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 2.30 per Share
4     Approve Remuneration System             For       For          Management
5.1   Elect Verena Briner as Director         For       For          Management
5.2   Elect Joerg Reinhardt as Director       For       For          Management
5.3   Elect Charles Sawyers as Director       For       For          Management
5.4   Elect William Winters as Director       For       For          Management
6     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as     For       For          Management
      Auditors
7     Additional And/or Counter-proposals     For       Against      Management
      Presented At The Meeting
 
 

 
 
NUCOR CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       NUE            Security ID:  670346105
Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 11, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Peter C. Browning        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Clayton C. Daley, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director John J. Ferriola         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Harvey B. Gantt          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Victoria F. Haynes       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Bernard L. Kasriel       For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Christopher J. Kearney   For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Raymond J. Milchovich    For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director John H. Walker           For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management
4     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management
      for Amendments to the Certificate of
      Incorporation
5     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management
      for Amendments to the Bylaws
6     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder
      Election of Directors
7     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
ORACLE CORPORATION
 
Ticker:       ORCL           Security ID:  68389X105
Meeting Date: NOV 07, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 10, 2012
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director H. Raymond Bingham       For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Michael J. Boskin        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Safra A. Catz            For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Bruce R. Chizen          For       Withhold     Management
1.6   Elect Director George H. Conrades       For       Withhold     Management
1.7   Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison      For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Hector Garcia-Molina     For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley        For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Mark V. Hurd             For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Donald L. Lucas          For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Naomi O. Seligman        For       Withhold     Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Amend Non-Employee Director Stock       For       For          Management
      Option Plan
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
5     Adopt Multiple Performance Metrics      Against   For          Shareholder
      Under Executive Incentive Plans
6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
7     Adopt Retention Ratio for               Against   For          Shareholder
      Executives/Directors
8     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
 
Ticker:       601857         Security ID:  71646E100
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Report of the Board of Directors For       For          Management
2     Accept Report of the Supervisory        For       For          Management
      Committee
3     Accept Audited Financial Statements     For       For          Management
4     Approve Final Dividend                  For       For          Management
5     Authorize Board to Determine            For       For          Management
      Distribution of Interim Dividends
6     Appoint KPMG Huazhen and KPMG as        For       For          Management
      Domestic and International Auditors,
      Respectively, and Authorize Board to
      Fix Their Remuneration
7a    Elect Li Qingyi as Supervisor           For       For          Management
7b    Elect Fan Fuchun as Supervisor          For       For          Management
8     Amend Articles of Association of the    For       For          Management
      Company
9     Approve Issuance of Debt Financing      For       For          Management
      Instruments of Up to RMB 100 Billion
10    Approve Issuance of Equity or           For       Against      Management
      Equity-Linked Securities without
      Preemptive Rights
 
 

 
 
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.
 
Ticker:       PM             Security ID:  718172109
Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 15, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Harold Brown             For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Mathis Cabiallavetta     For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Andre Calantzopoulos     For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Louis C. Camilleri       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director J. Dudley Fishburn       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Jennifer Li              For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Graham Mackay            For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Sergio Marchionne        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Kalpana Morparia         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect DirectorLucio A. Noto             For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Robert B. Polet          For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Carlos Slim Helu         For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Stephen M. Wolf          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
 
 

 
 
PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
 
Ticker:       PSB            Security ID:  69360J107
Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 11, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ronald L. Havner, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Joseph D. Russell, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Jennifer Holden Dunbar   For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director James H. Kropp           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Sara Grootwassink Lewis  For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Michael V. McGee         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Gary E. Pruitt           For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Peter Schultz            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
 
 

 
 
RIO TINTO PLC
 
Ticker:       RIO            Security ID:  767204100
Meeting Date: APR 18, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2013
 
#     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 Robert Brown as Director       For       For          Management
4     Re-elect Vivienne Cox as Director       For       For          Management
5     Re-elect Jan du Plessis as Director     For       For          Management
6     Re-elect Guy Elliott as Director        For       For          Management
7     Re-elect Michael Fitzpatrick as         For       For          Management
      Director
8     Re-elect Ann Godbehere as Director      For       For          Management
9     Re-elect Richard Goodmanson as Director For       For          Management
10    Re-elect Lord Kerr as Director          For       For          Management
11    Re-elect Chris Lynch as Director        For       For          Management
12    Re-elect Paul Tellier as Director       For       For          Management
13    Re-elect John Varley as Director        For       For          Management
14    Re-elect Sam Walsh as Director          For       For          Management
15    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP    For       For          Management
      as Auditors
16    Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix    For       For          Management
      Remuneration of Auditors
17    Approve Performance Share Plan          For       For          Management
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 EGM with  For       For          Management
      Two Weeks' Notice
 
 

 
 
SILVER WHEATON CORP.
 
Ticker:       SLW            Security ID:  828336107
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAR 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
a1    Elect Director Lawrence I. Bell         For       For          Management
a2    Elect Director George L. Brack          For       For          Management
a3    Elect Director John A. Brough           For       For          Management
a4    Elect Director R. Peter Gillin          For       For          Management
a5    Elect Director Douglas M. Holtby        For       For          Management
a6    Elect Director Eduardo Luna             For       For          Management
a7    Elect Director Wade D. Nesmith          For       For          Management
a8    Elect Director Randy V.J. Smallwood     For       For          Management
b     Approve Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration
c     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach
 
 

 
 
SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE SA SQM
 
Ticker:       SQM-B          Security ID:  833635105
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 08, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Accept Annual Report, Financial         For       For          Management
      Statements, Internal Statutory
      Auditors' Report and External
      Auditors' Reports, and Statutory
      Reports for Fiscal Year 2012
2     Elect External Auditors and Internal    For       For          Management
      Statutory Auditors
3     Approve Special Auditors' Report        For       For          Management
      Regarding Related-Party Transactions
4     Approve Investment and Financing Policy For       For          Management
5     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends, and Dividend Policy
6     Receive Report on Board's Expenses      For       For          Management
7     Elect Directors and Fix Their           For       Against      Management
      Remuneration
8     Receive Issues Related to Directors'    For       For          Management
      and Audit Committees
9     Other Business (Voting)                 For       Against      Management
 
 

 
 
SYNGENTA AG
 
Ticker:       SYNN           Security ID:  87160A100
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2013
 
#     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 9.50 per Share
4.1   Reelect Michael Mack as Director        For       For          Management
4.2   Reelect Jacques Vincent as Director     For       For          Management
4.3   Elect Eleni Gabre-Madhin as Director    For       For          Management
4.4   Elect Eveline Saupper as Director       For       For          Management
5     Ratify Ernst & Young as Auditors        For       For          Management
6     Additional And/Or Counter Proposals     For       Against      Management
      Presented At The Meeting
 

 
 
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
 
Ticker:       GS             Security ID:  38141G104
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 25, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein       For       For          Management
2     Elect Director M. Michele Burns         For       For          Management
3     Elect Director Gary D. Cohn             For       For          Management
4     Elect Director Claes Dahlback           For       For          Management
5     Elect Director William W. George        For       For          Management
6     Elect Director James A. Johnson         For       For          Management
7     Elect Director Lakshmi N. Mittal        For       For          Management
8     Elect Director Adebayo O. Ogunlesi      For       For          Management
9     Elect Director James J. Schiro          For       For          Management
10    Elect Director Debora L. Spar           For       For          Management
11    Elect Director Mark E. Tucker           For       For          Management
12    Elect Director David A. Viniar          For       For          Management
13    Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
14    Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       Against      Management
15    Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
16    Establish Board Committee on Human      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Rights
17    Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   Against      Shareholder
18    Adopt Proxy Access Right                Against   Against      Shareholder
19    Employ Investment Bank to Explore       Against   Against      Shareholder
      Alternatives to Maximize Shareholder
      Value
 
 

 
 
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
 
Ticker:       UNH            Security ID:  91324P102
Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 05, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director William C. Ballard, Jr.  For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Edson Bueno              For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Richard T. Burke         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Robert J. Darretta       For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Stephen J. Hemsley       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Michele J. Hooper        For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Rodger A. Lawson         For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale   For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Glenn M. Renwick         For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Kenneth I. Shine         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
4     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder
 
 

 
 
VALE S.A.
 
Ticker:       VALE5          Security ID:  91912E105
Meeting Date: APR 17, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAR 11, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management
      Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year
      Ended Dec. 31, 2012
1.2   Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management
      Dividends
1.3   Elect Directors                         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Fiscal Council Members            For       For          Management
1.5   Approve Remuneration of Company's       For       Withhold     Management
      Management
2.1   Amend Articles                          For       For          Management
2.2   Consolidate Bylaws                      For       For          Management
 
 

 
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
 
Ticker:       WMT            Security ID:  931142103
Meeting Date: JUN 07, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 11, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Aida M. Alvarez          For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr.       For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Roger C. Corbett         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Douglas N. Daft          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Michael T. Duke          For       Against      Management
1f    Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Marissa A. Mayer         For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Gregory B. Penner        For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Steven S. Reinemund      For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr.        For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Jim C. Walton            For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director S. Robson Walton         For       Against      Management
1m    Elect Director Christopher J. Williams  For       Against      Management
1n    Elect Director Linda S. Wolf            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management
5     Amend Bylaws -- Call Special Meetings   Against   For          Shareholder
6     Stock Retention/Holding Period          Against   For          Shareholder
7     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder
8     Disclosure of Recoupment Activity from  Against   For          Shareholder
      Senior Officers
 
 

 
 
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
 
Ticker:       WFC            Security ID:  949746101
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2013   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 26, 2013
 
#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director John D. Baker, II        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Elaine L. Chao           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director John S. Chen             For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Lloyd H. Dean            For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Susan E. Engel           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.   For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Donald M. James          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Cynthia H. Milligan      For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Federico F. Pena         For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Howard V. Richardson     For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Judith M. Runstad        For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger        For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director John G. Stumpf           For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Susan G. Swenson         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
5     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   Against      Shareholder
7     Review Fair Housing and Fair Lending    Against   For          Shareholder
      Compliance




 
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.
 
Midas Series Trust

By:
/s/ Jacob Bukhsbaum
 
Jacob Bukhsbaum, Chief Compliance Officer
   
 
Date: August 29, 2013