0001104659-15-062351.txt : 20150828 0001104659-15-062351.hdr.sgml : 20150828 20150828145011 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-062351 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-PX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150828 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150828 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150828 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000778108 IRS NUMBER: 232369628 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-PX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04413 FILM NUMBER: 151081722 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE COMMERCE SQUARE STREET 2: 2005 MARKET STREET CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 BUSINESS PHONE: 18005231918 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE COMMERCE SQUARE STREET 2: 2005 MARKET STREET CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS IV INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970128 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DELAWARE GROUP DELCAP FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DELCAP FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880929 0000778108 S000003914 DELAWARE SMID CAP GROWTH FUND C000010970 CLASS A DFCIX C000010971 CLASS B DFBIX C000010972 CLASS C DEEVX C000010973 CLASS R DFRIX C000010974 INSTITUTIONAL CLASS DFDIX 0000778108 S000018873 Delaware Healthcare Fund C000052257 Class A DLHAX C000052258 Class C C000052259 Class R C000052260 INSTITUTIONAL CLASS DLHIX N-PX 1 a15-16550_5npx.htm N-PX

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act File Number:

 

811-04413

 

 

 

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter:

 

Delaware Group® Equity Funds IV

 

 

 

Address of principal executive offices:

 

2005 Market Street

 

 

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

 

 

Name and address of agent for service:

 

David F. Connor, Esq.

 

 

2005 Market Street

 

 

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number:

 

(800) 523-1918

 

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

March 31

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

 

July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015

 

 

 



 

ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORD.

 



 

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ABBOTT LABORATORIES                                                            

 

Ticker:       ABT            Security ID:  002824100                           

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 25, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert J. Alpern         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Roxanne S. Austin        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Sally E. Blount          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director W. James Farrell         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Edward M. Liddy          For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Nancy McKinstry          For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Phebe N. Novakovic       For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director William A. Osborn        For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Samuel C. Scott, III     For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Glenn F. Tilton          For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Miles D. White           For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Report on Products Containing GE        Against   Against      Shareholder

      Ingredients                                                               

5     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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ABBVIE INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       ABBV           Security ID:  00287Y109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 11, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Roxanne S. Austin        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Richard A. Gonzalez      For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Glenn F. Tilton          For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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ACTIVE BIOTECH AB                                                              

 

Ticker:       ACTI           Security ID:  W0250B198                           

Meeting Date: DEC 01, 2014   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  NOV 25, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management

2     Elect Chairman of Meeting               For       For          Management

3     Prepare and Approve List of             For       For          Management

      Shareholders                                                             

4     Designate Inspector(s) of Minutes of    For       For          Management

      Meeting                                                                  

5     Approve Agenda of Meeting               For       For          Management

6     Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For       For          Management

7     Approve Creation of SEK 56.5 Million    For       For          Management

      Pool of Capital with Preemptive Rights                                   

8     Close Meeting                           None      None         Management

 

 

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ACTIVE BIOTECH AB                                                              

 

Ticker:       ACTI           Security ID:  W0250B198                           

Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 04, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Open Meeting                            None      None         Management

2     Elect Chairman of Meeting               For       For          Management

3     Prepare and Approve List of             For       For          Management

      Shareholders                                                              

4     Designate Inspector(s) of Minutes of    For       For          Management

      Meeting                                                                  

5     Approve Agenda of Meeting               For       For          Management

6     Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For       For          Management

7     Receive Financial Statements and        None      None         Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

8     Receive President's Report              None      None         Management

9     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

10    Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management

      Omission of Dividends                                                    

11    Approve Discharge of Board and          For       For          Management

      President                                                                 

12    Determine Number of Directors (4) and   For       For          Management

      Deputy Directors (0) of Board;                                           

      Determine Number of Auditors (1)                                          

13    Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       For          Management

      the Amount of SEK 250,000 for the                                        

      Chairman and, SEK 125,000 for Other                                       

      Directors; Approve Remuneration of                                       

      Auditors                                                                 

14    Reelect Mats Arnhog (Chairman),         For       For          Management

      Magnhild Sandberg-Wollheim, Peter                                        

      Sjostrand, and Peter Thelin as                                           

      Directors; Ratify KPMG as Auditor                                         

15    Authorize Chairman of Board and         For       For          Management

      Representatives of Three of Company's                                    

      Largest Shareholders to Serve on                                         

      Nominating Committee                                                     

16    Approve Remuneration Policy And Other   For       For          Management

      Terms of Employment For Executive                                        

      Management                                                                

17    Approve Creation of Pool of Capital     For       For          Management

      without Preemptive Rights                                                

18    Close Meeting                           None      None         Management

 

 

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AETNA INC.                                                                     

 

Ticker:       AET            Security ID:  00817Y108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 13, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Fernando Aguirre         For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Mark T. Bertolini        For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Frank M. Clark           For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Betsy Z. Cohen           For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director Molly J. Coye            For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Roger N. Farah           For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director Jeffrey E. Garten        For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock         For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director Richard J. Harrington    For       For          Management

1k    Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig         For       For          Management

1l    Elect Director Joseph P. Newhouse       For       For          Management

1m    Elect Director Olympia J. Snowe         For       For          Management

2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4A    Amend Policy to Disclose Payments to    Against   For          Shareholder

      Tax-Exempt Organizations                                                 

4B    Adopt Share Retention Policy For        Against   For          Shareholder

      Senior Executives                                                        

 

 

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AMGEN INC.                                                                      

 

Ticker:       AMGN           Security ID:  031162100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 16, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director David Baltimore          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert A. Bradway        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Francois de Carbonnel    For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Vance D. Coffman         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Robert A. Eckert         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Greg C. Garland          For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Rebecca M. Henderson     For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Frank C. Herringer       For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Tyler Jacks              For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Judith C. Pelham         For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar          For       For          Management

1.13  Elect Director R. Sanders Williams      For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as  Auditors   For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Provide Vote Counting to Exclude        Against   Against      Shareholder

      Abstentions                                                              

 

 

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ANTHEM, INC.                                                                   

 

Ticker:       ANTM           Security ID:  036752103                           

Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 19, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Julie A. Hill            For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Ramiro G. Peru           For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director John H. Short            For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

4     Declassify the Board of Directors       None      For          Shareholder

5     Proxy Access                            Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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ASTRAZENECA PLC                                                                

 

Ticker:       AZN            Security ID:  G0593M107                           

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 22, 2015                                                     

 

#     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 LLP 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)  Re-elect Pascal Soriot as Director      For       For          Management

5(c)  Re-elect Marc Dunoyer as Director       For       For          Management

5(d)  Elect Cori Bargmann as Director         For       For          Management

5(e)  Re-elect Genevieve Berger as Director   For       For          Management

5(f)  Re-elect Bruce Burlington as Director   For       For          Management

5(g)  Re-elect Ann Cairns as Director         For       For          Management

5(h)  Re-elect Graham Chipchase as Director   For       For          Management

5(i)  Re-elect Jean-Philippe Courtois as      For       For          Management

      Director                                                                  

5(j)  Re-elect Rudy Markham as Director       For       For          Management

5(k)  Re-elect Shriti Vadera 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                                                        

12    Adopt New Articles of Association       For       For          Management

 

 

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AVON PRODUCTS, INC.                                                            

 

Ticker:       AVP            Security ID:  054303102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 18, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Douglas R. Conant        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director W. Don Cornwell          For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director V. Ann Hailey            For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Nancy Killefer           For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Susan J. Kropf           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Maria Elena Lagomasino   For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Sara Mathew              For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Helen McCluskey          For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Sheri McCoy              For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Charles H. Noski         For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Gary M. Rodkin           For       For          Management

1.12  Elect Director Paula Stern              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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

5     Adopt Proxy Access Right                Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       BAX            Security ID:  071813109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 11, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Uma Chowdhry             For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director James R. Gavin, III      For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Peter S. Hellman         For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director K. J. Storm              For       For          Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

5     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   For          Shareholder

6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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BIOGEN INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       BIIB           Security ID:  09062X103                           

Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 15, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Alexander J. Denner      For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Caroline D. Dorsa        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Nancy L. Leaming         For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Richard C. Mulligan      For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Robert W. Pangia         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Stelios Papadopoulos     For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Brian S. Posner          For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Eric K. Rowinsky         For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director George A. Scangos        For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Lynn Schenk              For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Stephen A. Sherwin       For       For          Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                  

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Approve Qualified Employee Stock        For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                            

5     Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For          Management

      Stock Plan                                                               

 

 

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BLUE NILE, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       NILE           Security ID:  09578R103                           

Meeting Date: JUN 04, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 13, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Michael Potter           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Mary Alice Taylor        For       For          Management

2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                  

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION                                                  

 

Ticker:       BSX            Security ID:  101137107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 13, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Nelda J. Connors         For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Charles J. Dockendorff   For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Kristina M. Johnson      For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig         For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director Stephen P. MacMillan     For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Michael F. Mahoney       For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Ernest Mario             For       Withhold     Management

1h    Elect Director N.J. Nicholas, Jr.       For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Pete M. Nicholas         For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director David J. Roux            For       For          Management

1k    Elect Director John E. Sununu           For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

4     Report on Animal Testing and Plans for  Against   Against      Shareholder

      Improving Welfare                                                        

 

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY                                                   

 

Ticker:       BMY            Security ID:  110122108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 13, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1A  Elect Director Lamberto Andreotti       For       For          Management

1.1B  Elect Director Giovanni Caforio         For       For          Management

1.1C  Elect Director Lewis B. Campbell        For       For          Management

1.1D  Elect Director Laurie H. Glimcher       For       For          Management

1.1E  Elect Director Michael Grobstein        For       For          Management

1.1F  Elect Director Alan J. Lacy             For       For          Management

1.1G  Elect Director Thomas J. Lynch, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.1H  Elect Director Dinesh C. Paliwal        For       For          Management

1.1I  Elect Director Vicki L. Sato            For       For          Management

1.1J  Elect Director Gerald L. Storch         For       For          Management

1.1K  Elect Director Togo D. West, Jr.        For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Adopt the Jurisdiction of               For       Against      Management

      Incorporation as the Exclusive Forum                                      

      for Certain Disputes                                                     

5     Remove Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

      Applicable to Preferred Stock                                             

6     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION                                                          

 

Ticker:       CFN            Security ID:  14170T101                           

Meeting Date: NOV 05, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 08, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Jacqueline B. Kosecoff   For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Michael D. O'Halleran    For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Supratim Bose            For       For          Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION                                                         

 

Ticker:       CFN            Security ID:  14170T101                           

Meeting Date: JAN 21, 2015   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  DEC 18, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Merger Agreement                For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes      For       For          Management

3     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management

 

 

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CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.                                                 

 

Ticker:       4519           Security ID:  J06930101                            

Meeting Date: MAR 26, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  DEC 31, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Allocation of Income, with a    For       For          Management

      Final Dividend of JPY 26                                                 

2.1   Elect Director Oku, Masayuki            For       For          Management

2.2   Elect Director Daniel O'Day             For       For          Management

3     Appoint Statutory Auditor Yokoyama,     For       For          Management

      Shunji                                                                    

 

 

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COMPANIA DE MINAS BUENAVENTURA S.A.                                            

 

Ticker:       BUENAVC1       Security ID:  204448104                           

Meeting Date: SEP 22, 2014   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  SEP 02, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Merger by Absorption of         For       For          Management

      Canteras del Hallazgo SAC by Company                                     

 

 

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COMPANIA DE MINAS BUENAVENTURA S.A.                                            

 

Ticker:       BUENAVC1       Security ID:  204448104                           

Meeting Date: MAR 27, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  MAR 12, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Annual Report                   For       For          Management

2     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

3     Appoint Auditors                        For       For          Management

4     Authorize Issuance of Debt              For       Against      Management

      Instruments; Authorize Board to Set                                      

      Terms of the Debt Issuance                                               

 

 

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DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS INC.                                                

 

Ticker:       DVA            Security ID:  23918K108                           

Meeting Date: JUN 16, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 24, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Pamela M. Arway          For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Charles G. Berg          For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Carol Anthony ('John')   For       For          Management

      Davidson                                                                  

1d    Elect Director Paul J. Diaz             For       Against      Management

1e    Elect Director Peter T. Grauer          For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director John M. Nehra            For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director William L. Roper         For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director Kent J. Thiry            For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Roger J. Valine          For       For          Management

2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Adopt Proxy Access Right                Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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DYAX CORP.                                                                     

 

Ticker:       DYAX           Security ID:  26746E103                           

Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 07, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Ron Cohen                For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director David J. McLachlan       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Paolo Pucci              For       For          Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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ELI LILLY AND COMPANY                                                          

 

Ticker:       LLY            Security ID:  532457108                           

Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 27, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1a  Elect Director Katherine Baicker        For       For          Management

1.1b  Elect Director J. Erik Fyrwald          For       For          Management

1.1c  Elect Director Ellen R. Marram          For       For          Management

1.1d  Elect Director Jackson P. Tai           For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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ELONG, INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       LONG           Security ID:  290138205                           

Meeting Date: DEC 23, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  NOV 21, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Fernando Gil de Bernabe as        For       For          Management

      Director                                                                 

1.2   Elect Abhiram Chowdhry as Director      For       Withhold     Management

1.3   Elect Guangfu Cui as Director           For       Withhold     Management

1.4   Elect Dhiren Fonseca as Director        For       Withhold     Management

1.5   Elect Thomas Gurnee as Director         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Dara Khsrowshahi as Director      For       Withhold     Management

1.7   Elect Henrik Kjellberg as Director      For       Withhold     Management

1.8   Elect Cyril Ranque as Director          For       Withhold     Management

1.9   Elect Michael Scown as Director         For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Johan Svanstrom as Director       For       Withhold     Management

1.11  Elect Xiaoguang Wu as Director          For       Withhold     Management

2     Transact Other Business (Non-Voting)    None      None         Management

 

 

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ELONG, INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       LONG           Security ID:  290138205                           

Meeting Date: JUN 22, 2015   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  MAY 29, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Appointment of Guangfu Cui as   For       For          Management

      Chairman of the Meeting                                                  

2     Elect May Wu as Director                For       Against      Management

3     Elect Shengli Wang as Director          For       Against      Management

4     Elect Maohua Sun as Director            For       Against      Management

5     Elect Nanyan Zheng as Director          For       Against      Management

6     Elect Liqun Wang as Director            For       Against      Management

 

 

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EPIZYME, INC.                                                                   

 

Ticker:       EPZM           Security ID:  29428V104                           

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 01, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Carl Goldfischer         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Beth Seidenberg          For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       FMI            Security ID:  350465100                           

Meeting Date: APR 02, 2015   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  FEB 11, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Issuance of Shares for a        For       For          Management

      Private Placement                                                        

2     Approve Anti-dilution Protections       For       For          Management

3     Declassify the Board of Directors and   For       For          Management

      Authorize Shareholders to Remove                                         

      Directors With or Without Cause.                                          

4     Amend Certificate of Incorporation to   For       For          Management

      Renounce Foundation's Expectancy                                         

      Regarding Certain Corporate                                               

      Opportunities                                                            

5     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management

 

 

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FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       FMI            Security ID:  350465100                           

Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 24, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Alexis Borisy            For       Against      Management

1.2   Elect Director Sandra Horning           For       Against      Management

1.3   Elect Director Evan Jones               For       Against      Management

1.4   Elect Director Daniel O'Day             For       Against      Management

1.5   Elect Director Michael Pellini          For       Against      Management

1.6   Elect Director David Schenkein          For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Michael Varney           For       Against      Management

1.8   Elect Director Krishna Yeshwant         For       For          Management

2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

 

 

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FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG & CO. KGAA                                            

 

Ticker:       FME            Security ID:  D2734Z107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 27, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management

      Dividends of EUR 0.78 per Share                                          

3     Approve Discharge of Personally Liable  For       For          Management

      Partner for Fiscal 2014                                                  

4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management

      for Fiscal 2014                                                           

5     Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for Fiscal   For       For          Management

      2015                                                                     

6     Amend Corporate Purpose                 For       For          Management

7     Approve Creation of Two Pools of        For       For          Management

      Capital with Partial Exclusion of                                        

      Preemptive Rights                                                         

8     Amend Articles Re: Majority             For       For          Management

      Requirement for Supervisory Board                                        

      Elections                                                                 

 

 

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FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG & CO. KGAA                                           

 

Ticker:       FME            Security ID:  358029106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 09, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management

      Dividends of EUR 0.78 per Share                                          

3     Approve Discharge of Personally Liable  For       For          Management

      Partner for Fiscal 2014                                                  

4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management

      for Fiscal 2014                                                          

5     Ratify KPMG AG as Auditors for Fiscal   For       For          Management

      2015                                                                      

6     Amend Corporate Purpose                 For       For          Management

7     Approve Creation of Two Pools of        For       For          Management

      Capital with Partial Exclusion of                                         

      Preemptive Rights                                                        

8     Amend Articles Re: Majority             For       For          Management

      Requirement for Supervisory Board                                         

      Elections                                                                

 

 

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FURIEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.                                                    

 

Ticker:       FURX           Security ID:  36106P101                           

Meeting Date: JUL 01, 2014   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  MAY 29, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Merger Agreement                For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes      For       For          Management

3     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management

 

 

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GENOMIC HEALTH, INC.                                                           

 

Ticker:       GHDX           Security ID:  37244C101                           

Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Kimberly J. Popovits     For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Felix J. Baker           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Julian C. Baker          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Fred E. Cohen            For       Withhold     Management

1.5   Elect Director Henry J. Fuchs           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Ginger L. Graham         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Randall S. Livingston    For       For          Management

2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       GILD           Security ID:  375558103                           

Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 11, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director John F. Cogan            For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon      For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Carla A. Hills           For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Kevin E. Lofton          For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director John W. Madigan          For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director John C. Martin           For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore        For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director Richard J. Whitley       For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson          For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director Per Wold-Olsen           For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Amend Qualified Employee Stock          For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                            

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

5     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder

7     Report on Sustainability                Against   For          Shareholder

8     Report on Specialty Drug Pricing Risks  Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC                                                            

 

Ticker:       GSK            Security ID:  37733W105                           

Meeting Date: DEC 18, 2014   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  NOV 18, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Transaction by the Company      For       For          Management

      with Novartis AG                                                          

 

 

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GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC                                                            

 

Ticker:       GSK            Security ID:  37733W105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 18, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

2     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management

3     Elect Sir Philip Hampton as Director    For       For          Management

4     Elect Urs Rohner as Director            For       For          Management

5     Re-elect Sir Andrew Witty as Director   For       For          Management

6     Re-elect Sir Roy Anderson as Director   For       For          Management

7     Re-elect Dr Stephanie Burns as Director For       For          Management

8     Re-elect Stacey Cartwright as Director  For       For          Management

9     Re-elect Simon Dingemans as Director    For       For          Management

10    Re-elect Lynn Elsenhans as Director     For       For          Management

11    Re-elect Judy Lewent as Director        For       For          Management

12    Re-elect Sir Deryck Maughan as Director For       For          Management

13    Re-elect Dr Daniel Podolsky as Director For       For          Management

14    Re-elect Dr Moncef Slaoui as Director   For       For          Management

15    Re-elect Hans Wijers as Director        For       For          Management

16    Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP    For       For          Management

      as Auditors                                                              

17    Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee    For       For          Management

      to Fix Remuneration of Auditors                                          

18    Authorise EU Political Donations and    For       For          Management

      Expenditure                                                               

19    Authorise Issue of Equity with          For       For          Management

      Pre-emptive Rights                                                       

20    Authorise Issue of Equity without       For       For          Management

      Pre-emptive Rights                                                       

21    Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary   For       For          Management

      Shares                                                                    

22    Approve the Exemption from Statement    For       For          Management

      of the Name of the Senior Statutory                                      

      Auditor in Published Copies of the                                       

      Auditors' Reports                                                        

23    Authorise the Company to Call EGM with  For       For          Management

      Two Weeks' Notice                                                        

24    Approve Share Value Plan                For       For          Management

 

 

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HOSPIRA, INC.                                                                  

 

Ticker:       HSP            Security ID:  441060100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 09, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1a  Elect Director Irving W. Bailey, II     For       For          Management

1.1b  Elect Director F. Michael Ball          For       For          Management

1.1c  Elect Director Barbara L. Bowles        For       For          Management

1.1d  Elect Director William G. Dempsey       For       For          Management

1.1e  Elect Director Dennis M. Fenton         For       For          Management

1.1f  Elect Director Roger W. Hale            For       For          Management

1.1g  Elect Director Heino von Prondzynski    For       For          Management

1.1h  Elect Director Jacque J. Sokolov        For       For          Management

1.1i  Elect Director John C. Staley           For       For          Management

1.1j  Elect Director Mark F. Wheeler          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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HOSPIRA, INC.                                                                  

 

Ticker:       HSP            Security ID:  441060100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2015   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  APR 08, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Merger Agreement                For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes      For       Against      Management

3     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management

 

 

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HUMANA INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       HUM            Security ID:  444859102                           

Meeting Date: APR 16, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Kurt J. Hilzinger        For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Bruce D. Broussard       For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Frank A. D'Amelio        For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar            For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director David A. Jones, Jr.      For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director William J. McDonald      For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director William E. Mitchell      For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director David B. Nash            For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director James J. O'Brien         For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director Marissa T. Peterson      For       For          Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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IMMUNOGEN, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       IMGN           Security ID:  45253H101                           

Meeting Date: NOV 11, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 16, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Fix Number of Directors at Nine         For       For          Management

2.1   Elect Director Joseph J. Villafranca    For       For          Management

2.2   Elect Director Nicole Onetto            For       For          Management

2.3   Elect Director Stephen C. McCluski      For       For          Management

2.4   Elect Director Richard J. Wallace       For       For          Management

2.5   Elect Director Daniel M. Junius         For       For          Management

2.6   Elect Director Howard H. Pien           For       For          Management

2.7   Elect Director Mark Goldberg            For       For          Management

2.8   Elect Director Dean J. Mitchell         For       For          Management

2.9   Elect Director Kristine Peterson        For       For          Management

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

5     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.                                                

 

Ticker:       ICPT           Security ID:  45845P108                           

Meeting Date: JUL 17, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAY 30, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Srinivas Akkaraju        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Luca Benatti             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Paolo Fundaro            For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Sanj K. Patel            For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Mark Pruzanski           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Glenn Sblendorio         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Jonathan T. Silverstein  For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Klaus Veitinger          For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Nicole S. Williams       For       For          Management

2     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.                                                       

 

Ticker:       ISRG           Security ID:  46120E602                           

Meeting Date: APR 23, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 25, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Craig H. Barratt         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Gary S. Guthart          For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Eric H. Halvorson        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Amal M. Johnson          For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Alan J. Levy             For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Mark J. Rubash           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Lonnie M. Smith          For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director George Stalk, Jr.        For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management

 

 

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON                                                              

 

Ticker:       JNJ            Security ID:  478160104                            

Meeting Date: APR 23, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 24, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Mary Sue Coleman         For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director D. Scott Davis           For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Ian E. L. Davis          For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Alex Gorsky              For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist       For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Mark B. McClellan        For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy          For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director William D. Perez         For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Charles Prince           For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director A. Eugene Washington     For       For          Management

1k    Elect Director Ronald A. Williams       For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Policy Regarding Overextended Directors Against   Against      Shareholder

5     Report on Consistency Between           Against   Against      Shareholder

      Corporate Values and Political                                           

      Contributions                                                             

6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION                                                       

 

Ticker:       K              Security ID:  496902404                           

Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual/Special                      

Record Date:  MAR 12, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John A. Brough           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director John K. Carrington       For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director John M. H. Huxley        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Ave G. Lethbridge        For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Catherine McLeod-Seltzer For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director John E. Oliver           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Kelly J. Osborne         For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Una M. Power             For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director J. Paul Rollinson        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                                                    

4     Approve Shareholder Rights Plan         For       For          Management

5     Amend Articles                          For       For          Management

6     Amend By-laws                           For       For          Management

 

 

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LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED                                            

 

Ticker:       LGND           Security ID:  53220K504                           

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 23, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jason M. Aryeh           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Todd C. Davis            For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director John L. Higgins          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director David M. Knott           For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director John W. Kozarich         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director John L. LaMattina        For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Sunil Patel              For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Stephen L. Sabba         For       For          Management

2     Ratify Grant Thornton LLP as Auditors   For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

 

 

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MEDTRONIC, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       MDT            Security ID:  585055106                            

Meeting Date: AUG 21, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 23, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Richard H. Anderson      For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Scott C. Donnelly        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Omar Ishrak              For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Shirley Ann Jackson      For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Michael O. Leavitt       For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director James T. Lenehan         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Denise M. O'Leary        For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Kendall J. Powell        For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Robert C. Pozen          For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Preetha Reddy            For       Withhold     Management

2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Approve Qualified Employee Stock        For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                            

5     Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested   For       For          Management

      Election of Directors                                                    

6     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

      for Establishing Range For Board Size                                     

7     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

      for Removal of Directors                                                 

8     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

      for Amendment of Articles                                                

 

 

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MEDTRONIC, INC.                                                                 

 

Ticker:       MDT            Security ID:  585055106                           

Meeting Date: JAN 06, 2015   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  NOV 18, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Merger Agreement                For       For          Management

2     Approve Reduction of Share Premium      For       For          Management

      Account                                                                  

3     Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes      For       For          Management

4     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management

 

 

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MERCK & CO., INC.                                                              

 

Ticker:       MRK            Security ID:  58933Y105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 31, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Leslie A. Brun           For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Thomas R. Cech           For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Kenneth C. Frazier       For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer         For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director C. Robert Kidder         For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus      For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director Carlos E. Represas       For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Patricia F. Russo        For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director Craig B. Thompson        For       For          Management

1k    Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks         For       For          Management

1l    Elect Director Peter C. Wendell         For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

5     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management

6     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

7     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.                                                  

 

Ticker:       MNTA           Security ID:  60877T100                           

Meeting Date: JUN 09, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 14, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John K. Clarke           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director James R. Sulat           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Craig A. Wheeler         For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

 

 

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MORPHOSYS AG                                                                   

 

Ticker:       MOR            Security ID:  D55040105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 16, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management

      Omission of Dividends                                                    

3     Approve Discharge of Management Board   For       For          Management

      for Fiscal 2014                                                          

4     Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board  For       For          Management

      for Fiscal 2014                                                           

5     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as     For       For          Management

      Auditors for Fiscal 2014                                                 

6     Approve Creation of EUR 10.6 Million    For       For          Management

      Pool of Capital with Partial Exclusion                                   

      of Preemptive Rights                                                     

7.1   Reelect Gerald Moeller to the           For       For          Management

      Supervisory Board                                                        

7.2   Reelect Karin Eastham to the            For       For          Management

      Supervisory Board                                                         

7.3   Reelect Marc Cluzel to the Supervisory  For       For          Management

      Board                                                                    

7.4   Elect Frank Morich to the Supervisory   For       For          Management

      Board                                                                    

7.5   Elect Klaus Kuehn to the Supervisory    For       For          Management

      Board                                                                    

7.6   Elect Wendy Johnson to the Supervisory  For       For          Management

      Board                                                                    

8     Amend Articles Re: Remuneration of      For       For          Management

      Supervisory Board Members                                                

9.1   Amend Corporate Purpose                 For       For          Management

9.2   Amend Articles Re: Chairing the         For       For          Management

      General Meeting                                                           

9.3   Amend Articles Re: Term of Office of    For       For          Management

      Alternate Supervisory Board Members;                                     

      Convocation for and Participation in                                     

      the General Meeting                                                      

 

 

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MYRIAD GENETICS, INC.                                                           

 

Ticker:       MYGN           Security ID:  62855J104                           

Meeting Date: DEC 04, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  OCT 07, 2014                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Walter Gilbert           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Dennis H. Langer         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Lawrence C. Best         For       For          Management

2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                                                    

 

Ticker:       NUAN           Security ID:  67020Y100                           

Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  DEC 03, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Paul A. Ricci            For       Against      Management

1b    Elect Director Robert J. Frankenberg    For       Against      Management

1c    Elect Director Brett Icahn              For       Against      Management

1d    Elect Director William H. Janeway       For       Against      Management

1e    Elect Director Mark R. Laret            For       Against      Management

1f    Elect Director Katharine A. Martin      For       Against      Management

1g    Elect Director Mark B. Myers            For       Against      Management

1h    Elect Director Philip J. Quigley        For       Against      Management

1i    Elect Director David S. Schechter       For       Against      Management

2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

3     Amend Qualified Employee Stock          For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                            

4     Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For          Management

      Stock Plan                                                                

5     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

6     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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PFIZER INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       PFE            Security ID:  717081103                           

Meeting Date: APR 23, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 25, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Dennis A. Ausiello       For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director W. Don Cornwell          For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson     For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Helen H. Hobbs           For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director James M. Kilts           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Shantanu Narayen         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Suzanne Nora Johnson     For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Ian C. Read              For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger        For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director James C. Smith           For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director Marc Tessier-Lavigne     For       For          Management

2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Review and Assess Membership of         Against   Against      Shareholder

      Lobbying Organizations                                                   

 

 

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POZEN INC.                                                                     

 

Ticker:       POZN           Security ID:  73941U102                           

Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 15, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director John R. Plachetka        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Seth A. Rudnick          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

4     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED                                                 

 

Ticker:       DGX            Security ID:  74834L100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 16, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jenne K. Britell         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Vicky B. Gregg           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Jeffrey M. Leiden        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Timothy L. Main          For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Timothy M. Ring          For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Daniel C. Stanzione      For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky         For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director John B. Ziegler          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

5     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.                                                

 

Ticker:       REGN           Security ID:  75886F107                           

Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 16, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Charles A. Baker         For       Withhold     Management

1.2   Elect Director Arthur F. Ryan           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director George L. Sing           For       Withhold     Management

1.4   Elect Director Marc Tessier-Lavigne     For       Withhold     Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                  

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management

4     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management

5     Proxy Access                            Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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REGULUS THERAPEUTICS INC.                                                      

 

Ticker:       RGLS           Security ID:  75915K101                           

Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director David Baltimore          For       Withhold     Management

1.2   Elect Director Bruce L.A. Carter        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Mark G. Foletta          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Stelios Papadopoulos     For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director William H. Rastetter     For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Douglas Williams         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Kleanthis G.             For       For          Management

      Xanthopoulos                                                             

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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SANOFI                                                                         

 

Ticker:       SAN            Security ID:  F5548N101                           

Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual/Special                       

Record Date:  APR 28, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

2     Approve Consolidated Financial          For       For          Management

      Statements and Statutory Reports                                         

3     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management

      Dividends of EUR 2.85 per Share                                          

4     Approve Auditors' Special Report on     For       Against      Management

      Related-Party Transactions                                               

5     Reelect Serge Weinberg as Director      For       For          Management

6     Reelect Suet-Fern Lee as Director       For       For          Management

7     Ratify Appointment of Bonnie Bassler    For       For          Management

      as Director                                                              

8     Reelect Bonnie Bassler as Director      For       For          Management

9     Ratify Appointment of Olivier           For       For          Management

      Brandicourt as Director                                                  

10    Advisory Vote on Compensation of Serge  For       For          Management

      Weinberg                                                                  

11    Advisory Vote on Compensation of        For       Against      Management

      Christopher Viehbacher                                                   

12    Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management

      Percent of Issued Share Capital                                          

13    Authorize Issuance of Equity or         For       For          Management

      Equity-Linked Securities with                                            

      Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate                                        

      Nominal Amount of EUR 1.3 Billion                                        

14    Authorize Issuance of Equity or         For       For          Management

      Equity-Linked Securities without                                         

      Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate                                        

      Nominal Amount of EUR 260 Million                                        

15    Approve Issuance of Equity or           For       For          Management

      Equity-Linked Securities for Private                                     

      Placements, up to Aggregate Nominal                                      

      Amount of EUR 260 Million                                                

16    Approve Issuance of Debt Securities     For       For          Management

      Giving Access to New Shares of                                           

      Subsidiaries and/or Existing Shares                                      

      and/or Debt Securities, up to                                            

      Aggregate Amount of EUR 7 Billion                                        

17    Authorize Board to Increase Capital in  For       For          Management

      the Event of Additional Demand Related                                   

      to Delegation Submitted to Shareholder                                   

      Vote Above                                                                

18    Authorize Capital Increase of up to 10  For       For          Management

      Percent of Issued Capital for                                            

      Contributions in Kind                                                     

19    Authorize Capitalization of Reserves    For       Against      Management

      of Up to EUR 500 Million for Bonus                                       

      Issue or Increase in Par Value                                           

20    Authorize Decrease in Share Capital     For       For          Management

      via Cancellation of Repurchased Shares                                   

21    Authorize Capital Issuances for Use in  For       For          Management

      Employee Stock Purchase Plans                                            

22    Authorize up to 1.2 Percent of Issued   For       For          Management

      Capital for Use in Restricted Stock                                      

      Plans                                                                     

23    Amend Article 7 of Bylaws Re:           For       Against      Management

      Shareholding Disclosure Thresholds                                       

24    Amend Article 19 of Bylaws Re:          For       For          Management

      Attendance to General Meetings                                           

25    Authorize Filing of Required            For       For          Management

      Documents/Other Formalities                                              

 

 

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SEATTLE GENETICS, INC.                                                         

 

Ticker:       SGEN           Security ID:  812578102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Clay B. Siegall          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Felix Baker              For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Nancy A. Simonian        For       For          Management

2     Amend Qualified Employee Stock          For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                            

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

 

 

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SINA CORPORATION                                                               

 

Ticker:       SINA           Security ID:  G81477104                           

Meeting Date: AUG 08, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 20, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Re-elect Pehong Chen as Director        For       For          Management

2     Re-elect Lip-Bu Tan as Director         For       For          Management

3     Approve Appointment of                  For       For          Management

      Pricewaterhousecoopers Zhong Tian LLP                                    

      as Auditors of the Company                                               

 

 

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SOHU.COM INC.                                                                   

 

Ticker:       SOHU           Security ID:  83408W103                           

Meeting Date: JUN 19, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Charles Huang            For       Withhold     Management

1.2   Elect Director Dave Qi                  For       Withhold     Management

1.3   Elect Director Shi Wang                 For       Withhold     Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong     For       Against      Management

      Tian LLP as Auditors                                                     

4     Declassify the Board of Directors       Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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STRAUMANN HOLDING AG                                                           

 

Ticker:       STMN           Security ID:  H8300N119                           

Meeting Date: APR 10, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:                                                                   

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

2     Approve Allocation of Income and        For       For          Management

      Dividends of CHF 3.75 per Share                                          

3     Approve Discharge of Board and Senior   For       For          Management

      Management                                                               

4     Approve Remuneration of Directors in    For       Against      Management

      the Amount of CHF 2.3 Million                                            

5.1   Approve Fixed Remuneration of           For       For          Management

      Executive Committee in the Amount of                                      

      CHF 5 Million                                                            

5.2   Approve Short-Term Variable             For       For          Management

      Remuneration of Executive Committee in                                    

      the Amount of CHF 4.3 million                                            

6.1   Reelect Gilbert Achermann as Director   For       For          Management

      and Board Chairman                                                       

6.2   Reelect Sebastian Burckhardt as         For       For          Management

      Director                                                                 

6.3   Reelect Roland Hess as Director         For       For          Management

6.4   Reelect Ulrich Looser as Director       For       For          Management

6.5   Reelect Beat Luethi as Director         For       For          Management

6.6   Reelect Stefan Meister as Director      For       For          Management

6.7   Reelect Thomas Straumann as Director    For       For          Management

7.1   Appoint Ulrich Looser as Member of the  For       For          Management

      Compensation Committee                                                   

7.2   Appoint Beat Luethi as Member of the    For       For          Management

      Compensation Committee                                                   

7.3   Appoint Stefan Meister as Member of     For       For          Management

      the Compensation Committee                                                

8     Designate NEOVIUS Schlager & Partner    For       For          Management

      as Independent Proxy                                                     

9     Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors     For       For          Management

10    Transact Other Business (Voting)        For       Against      Management

 

 

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STRYKER CORPORATION                                                             

 

Ticker:       SYK            Security ID:  863667101                           

Meeting Date: APR 29, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 02, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1a  Elect Director Howard E. Cox, Jr.       For       For          Management

1.1b  Elect Director Srikant M. Datar         For       For          Management

1.1c  Elect Director Roch Doliveux            For       For          Management

1.1d  Elect Director Louise L. Francesconi    For       For          Management

1.1e  Elect Director Allan C. Golston         For       For          Management

1.1f  Elect Director Kevin A. Lobo            For       For          Management

1.1g  Elect Director William U. Parfet        For       For          Management

1.1h  Elect Director Andrew K. Silvernail     For       For          Management

1.1i  Elect Director Ronda E. Stryker         For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

 

 

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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION                                                   

 

Ticker:       THC            Security ID:  88033G407                           

Meeting Date: MAY 07, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 11, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Trevor Fetter            For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Brenda J. Gaines         For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Karen M. Garrison        For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Edward A. Kangas         For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director J. Robert Kerrey         For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Freda C. Lewis-Hall      For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Richard R. Pettingill    For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director Ronald A. Rittenmeyer    For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Tammy Romo               For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director James A. Unruh           For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.                                             

 

Ticker:       TEVA           Security ID:  881624209                           

Meeting Date: JUL 30, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 23, 2014                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Reelect Dan Propper as Director for a   For       For          Management

      Three Year Term                                                           

1.2   Reelect Ory Slonim as Director for a    For       Against      Management

      Three Year Term                                                          

2.1   Reelect Joseph Nitzani as External      For       For          Management

      Director and Approve Director's                                          

      Remuneration                                                             

2.2   Elect Jean-Michel Halfon as External    For       For          Management

      Director and Approve Director's                                          

      Remuneration                                                             

3.1   Approve Annual Cash Bonus Objectives    For       For          Management

      for CEO and President, for 2014 and                                      

      Onwards                                                                  

3.2   Approve Grant Annual Equity Awards to   For       For          Management

      CEO and President, Starting 2015                                         

4     Approve Purchase of D&O Liability       For       Against      Management

      Insurance Policie                                                        

5     Reappoint Kesselman & Kesselman as      For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

6     Discuss Financial Statements and the    None      None         Management

      Report of the Board for 2013                                              

A     Vote FOR if you are a controlling       None      Against      Management

      shareholder or have a personal                                           

      interest in one or several                                                

      resolutions, as indicated in the proxy                                   

      card; otherwise, vote AGAINST. You may                                   

      not abstain. If you vote FOR, please                                      

      provide an explanation to your account                                   

      manager                                                                  

 

 

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THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.                                                     

 

Ticker:       TBPH           Security ID:  G8807B106                           

Meeting Date: APR 22, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 06, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Eran Broshy              For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Henrietta H. Fore        For       Withhold     Management

1.3   Elect Director Burton G. Malkiel        For       Withhold     Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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THERAVANCE, INC.                                                               

 

Ticker:       THRX           Security ID:  88338T104                           

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 27, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Michael W. Aguiar        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Catherine J. Friedman    For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Terrence Kearney         For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Paul Pepe                For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director James L. Tyree           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director William H. Waltrip       For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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UCB SA                                                                         

 

Ticker:       UCB            Security ID:  B93562120                           

Meeting Date: APR 30, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual/Special                      

Record Date:  APR 16, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Receive Directors' Report (Non-Voting)  None      None         Management

2     Receive Auditors' Report (Non-Voting)   None      None         Management

3     Receive Consolidated Financial          None      None         Management

      Statements and Statutory Reports                                         

      (Non-Voting)                                                              

4     Approve Financial Statements and        For       For          Management

      Allocation of Income                                                     

5     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management

6     Approve Discharge of Directors          For       For          Management

7     Approve Discharge of Auditors           For       For          Management

8.1   Reelect Gerhard Mayr as Director        For       Against      Management

8.2   Reelect Evelyn du Monceau as Director   For       For          Management

8.3a  Reelect Norman J. Ornstein as Director  For       For          Management

8.3b  Indicate Norman J. Ornstein as          For       For          Management

      Independent Board Member                                                 

8.4   Elect Cyril Janssen as Director         For       For          Management

8.5a  Elect Alice Dautry as Director          For       For          Management

8.5b  Indicate Alice Dautry as Independent    For       For          Management

      Board Member                                                             

9     Ratify PwC as Auditors and Approve      For       For          Management

      Auditors' Remuneration                                                   

10    Approve Restricted Stock Plan Re:       For       For          Management

      Issuance of 956,000 Restricted Shares                                    

11    Approve Change-of-Control Clause Re :   For       For          Management

      EMTN Program                                                             

 

 

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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED                                                

 

Ticker:       UNH            Security ID:  91324P102                           

Meeting Date: JUN 01, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 02, 2015                                                     

 

#     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 Glenn M. Renwick         For       For          Management

1i    Elect Director Kenneth I. Shine         For       For          Management

1j    Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky         For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

4     Change State of Incorporation from      For       For          Management

      Minnesota to Delaware                                                    

5     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.                                                     

 

Ticker:       VNDA           Security ID:  921659108                           

Meeting Date: JUN 18, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Elect Director Mihael H. Polymeropoulos For       For          Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                  

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

 

 

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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED                                            

 

Ticker:       VRTX           Security ID:  92532F100                            

Meeting Date: JUN 04, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 10, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jeffrey M. Leiden        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Bruce I. Sachs           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Sangeeta N. Bhatia       For       For          Management

2     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

4     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

5     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

6     Adopt Proxy Access Right                Against   For          Shareholder

7     Report on Specialty Drug Pricing Risks  Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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WELLPOINT, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       WLP            Security ID:  94973V107                           

Meeting Date: NOV 05, 2014   Meeting Type: Special                             

Record Date:  SEP 12, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Change Company Name to Anthem, Inc.     For       For          Management

 

 

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XENCOR, INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       XNCR           Security ID:  98401F105                           

Meeting Date: JUN 09, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 14, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Bruce L.A. Carter        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Robert F. Baltera, Jr.   For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Bassil I. Dahiyat        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Jonathan Fleming         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Kurt Gustafson           For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director A. Bruce Montgomery      For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director John S. Stafford, III    For       For          Management

2     Ratify BDO USA, LLP as Auditors         For       For          Management

 

 

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YAHOO! INC.                                                                    

 

Ticker:       YHOO           Security ID:  984332106                           

Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 27, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director David Filo               For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Susan M. James           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Max R. Levchin           For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Marissa A. Mayer         For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Thomas J. McInerney      For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Charles R. Schwab        For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director H. Lee Scott, Jr.        For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Jane E. Shaw             For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Maynard G. Webb, Jr.     For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

4     Establish Board Committee on Human      Against   Against      Shareholder

      Rights                                                                   

5     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against   For          Shareholder

 

 

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ZAFGEN, INC.                                                                   

 

Ticker:       ZFGN           Security ID:  98885E103                           

Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 27, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Bruce Booth              For       Against      Management

1.2   Elect Director Avi Goldberg             For       Against      Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                  

3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management

 

 

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ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       ZMH            Security ID:  98956P102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 06, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1a  Elect Director Christopher B. Begley    For       For          Management

1.1b  Elect Director Betsy J. Bernard         For       For          Management

1.1c  Elect Director Paul M. Bisaro           For       For          Management

1.1d  Elect Director Gail K. Boudreaux        For       For          Management

1.1e  Elect Director David C. Dvorak          For       For          Management

1.1f  Elect Director Michael J. Farrell       For       For          Management

1.1g  Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock       For       For          Management

1.1h  Elect Director Robert A. Hagemann       For       For          Management

1.1i  Elect Director Arthur J. Higgins        For       For          Management

1.1j  Elect Director Cecil B. Pickett         For       For          Management

2     Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For          Management

      Stock Plan                                                                

3     Amend Deferred Compensation Plan        For       For          Management

4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

5     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

 

 

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ABIOMED, INC.                                                                  

 

Ticker:       ABMD           Security ID:  003654100                           

Meeting Date: AUG 13, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 27, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Dorothy E. Puhy          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Paul Thomas              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

 

 

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AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.                                                 

 

Ticker:       AMG            Security ID:  008252108                           

Meeting Date: JUN 15, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 17, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Samuel T. Byrne          For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Dwight D. Churchill      For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director Glenn Earle              For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Niall Ferguson           For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director Sean M. Healey           For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Tracy P. Palandjian      For       For          Management

1g    Elect Director Patrick T. Ryan          For       For          Management

1h    Elect Director Jide J. Zeitlin          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management

4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.                                                          

 

Ticker:       ANET           Security ID:  040413106                           

Meeting Date: JUN 01, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  APR 08, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Andreas Bechtolsheim     For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Jayshree Ullal           For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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ATHENAHEALTH, INC.                                                             

 

Ticker:       ATHN           Security ID:  04685W103                           

Meeting Date: JUN 10, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 15, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Jacqueline B. Kosecoff   For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director David E. Robinson        For       Withhold     Management

2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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BLACKBAUD, INC.                                                                 

 

Ticker:       BLKB           Security ID:  09227Q100                           

Meeting Date: JUN 09, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Andrew M. Leitch         For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director George H. Ellis          For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director David G. Golden          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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COMMONWEALTH REIT                                                              

 

Ticker:       CWH            Security ID:  203233101                           

Meeting Date: JUL 31, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JUN 23, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Sam Zell                 For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director James S. Corl            For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Martin L. Edelmen        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Edward A. Glickman       For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director David Helfand            For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Peter Linneman           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director James L. Lozier, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Mary Jane Robertson      For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Kenneth Shea             For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Gerald A. Spector        For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director James A. Star            For       For          Management

2a    Amend Charter to Adopt Plurality        For       For          Management

      Voting in Contested Trustee Elections                                    

2b    Amend Charter to Lower the General      For       For          Management

      Shareholder Voting Standard                                              

2c    Amend Charter to Require Majority Vote  For       For          Management

      for a Transfer of All or Substantially                                   

      All Assets                                                               

2d    Approve Director Liability and          For       For          Management

      Indemnification                                                          

2e    Amend Charter to Eliminate the          For       For          Management

      Obligation of Shareholders to                                            

      Indemnify the Company                                                    

2f    Amend Charter to Eliminate the          For       For          Management

      External Advisor Provisions                                              

2g    Amend Charter to Align Related Party    For       For          Management

      Transaction Requirements with Maryland                                    

      Law                                                                      

2h    Amend Charter to Increase Flexibility   For       For          Management

      in Scheduling Annual Meetings                                             

2i    Amend Charter to Increase Flexibility   For       For          Management

      in Approval of Investments                                               

2j    Amend Charter to Increase Flexibility   For       For          Management

      in Structuring Board Committees                                          

2k    Amendment to Increase the Shareholder   For       For          Management

      Voting Requirement for Certain                                           

      Successor Restructurings                                                 

2l    Amend Charter to Eliminate the Board's  For       For          Management

      Ability to Remove a Trustee                                              

2m    Provide Right to Act by Written Consent For       For          Management

2n    Amend Charter Conforming Changes and    For       For          Management

      Other Immaterial Modifications                                           

3a    Declassify the Board of Directors       For       For          Management

3b    Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management

3c    Amend Charter to Require Majority Vote  For       For          Management

      for Charter Amendments                                                   

3d    Amend Charter to Remove Voting          For       For          Management

      Standard for Combinations with 10%                                       

      Shareholders                                                             

3e    Approve Increase in Size of Board       For       For          Management

3f    Amend Charter to Install Revised REIT   For       For          Management

      Ownership Limitation Provisions                                          

3g    Amend Charter to Broaden Investment     For       For          Management

      Policy                                                                   

4     Reimburse Proxy Contest Expenses        For       For          Management

5     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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CORE LABORATORIES N.V.                                                          

 

Ticker:       CLB            Security ID:  N22717107                           

Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 23, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1a  Elect Richard L. Bergmark as Director   For       For          Management

1.1b  Elect Margaret Ann van Kempen  as       For       For          Management

      Director                                                                 

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Adopt Financial Statements and          For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                        

5     Approve Cancellation of Repurchased     For       For          Management

      Shares                                                                   

6     Authorize Repurchase of Up to 10        For       For          Management

      Percent of Issued Share Capital                                          

7     Grant Board Authority to Issue          For       For          Management

      Ordinary and Preference Shares Up To                                     

      10 Percent of Issued Capital                                             

8     Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive   For       For          Management

      Rights from Share Issuances                                               

9     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

 

 

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COUPONS.COM INCORPORATED                                                        

 

Ticker:       COUP           Security ID:  22265J102                           

Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 24, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Steve Horowitz           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director David E. Siminoff        For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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DINEEQUITY, INC.                                                               

 

Ticker:       DIN            Security ID:  254423106                           

Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 30, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Richard J. Dahl          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Stephen P. Joyce         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Patrick W. Rose          For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC.                                                     

 

Ticker:       DNKN           Security ID:  265504100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 18, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Sandra Horbach           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Mark Nunnelly            For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Carl Sparks              For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

5     Approve Qualified Employee Stock        For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                             

6     Source 75% Cage-Free Eggs               Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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ELLIE MAE, INC.                                                                 

 

Ticker:       ELLI           Security ID:  28849P100                           

Meeting Date: JUN 17, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Sigmund Anderman         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Craig Davis              For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Frank Schultz            For       For          Management

2     Ratify Grant Thornton LLP as Auditors   For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management

      Requirement                                                              

 

 

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EQUITY COMMONWEALTH                                                            

 

Ticker:       EQC            Security ID:  294628102                           

Meeting Date: JUN 16, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Sam Zell                 For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director James S. Corl            For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Martin L. Edelmen        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Edward A. Glickman       For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director David Helfand            For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Peter Linneman           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director James L. Lozier, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Mary Jane Robertson      For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Kenneth Shea             For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Gerald A. Spector        For       For          Management

1.11  Elect Director James A. Star            For       For          Management

2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.                                   

 

Ticker:       EXPD           Security ID:  302130109                           

Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 23, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert R. Wright         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Mark A. Emmert           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Dan P. Kourkoumelis      For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Michael J. Malone        For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Richard B. McCune        For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director John W. Meisenbach       For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Jeffrey S. Musser        For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Liane J. Pelletier       For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director James L.K. Wang          For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Tay Yoshitani            For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Approve Stock Option Plan               For       For          Management

4     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management

5     Provide Proxy Access Right              For       Against      Management

6     Proxy Access                            Against   For          Shareholder

7     Require Shareholder Approval of         Against   Against      Shareholder

      Specific Performance Metrics in Equity                                   

      Compensation Plans                                                       

8     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   Against      Shareholder

9     Stock Retention                         Against   Against      Shareholder

10    Clawback of Incentive Payments          Against   Against      Shareholder

 

 

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GRACO INC.                                                                     

 

Ticker:       GGG            Security ID:  384109104                           

Meeting Date: APR 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  FEB 23, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director William J. Carroll       For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Jack W. Eugster          For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director R. William Van Sant      For       For          Management

2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                  

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

 

 

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HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.                                                

 

Ticker:       HPY            Security ID:  42235N108                            

Meeting Date: MAY 08, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 10, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert O. Carr           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Robert H. Niehaus        For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Jonathan J. Palmer       For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Maureen Breakiron-Evans  For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Marc J. Ostro            For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Richard W. Vague         For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Mitchell L. Hollin       For       For          Management

2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

 

 

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J2 GLOBAL, INC.                                                                

 

Ticker:       JCOM           Security ID:  48123V102                           

Meeting Date: MAY 06, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 13, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1a    Elect Director Douglas Y. Bech          For       For          Management

1b    Elect Director Robert J. Cresci         For       For          Management

1c    Elect Director W. Brian Kretzmer        For       For          Management

1d    Elect Director Jonathan F. Miller       For       For          Management

1e    Elect Director Richard S. Ressler       For       For          Management

1f    Elect Director Stephen Ross             For       For          Management

2     Ratify  BDO USA, LLP as 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     Amend Articles to Remove Voting         For       For          Management

      Provision                                                                

 

 

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K12 INC.                                                                        

 

Ticker:       LRN            Security ID:  48273U102                           

Meeting Date: DEC 17, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  OCT 20, 2014                                                      

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Craig R. Barrett         For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Guillermo Bron           For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Fredda J. Cassell        For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Adam L. Cohn             For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Nathaniel A. Davis       For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director John M. Engler           For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Steven B. Fink           For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Mary H. Futrell          For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Jon Q. Reynolds, Jr.     For       For          Management

1.10  Elect Director Andrew H. Tisch          For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.                                                    

 

Ticker:       LOGI           Security ID:  H50430232                           

Meeting Date: DEC 18, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  DEC 11, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Accept Financial Statements and         For       For          Management

      Statutory Reports                                                         

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Appropriation Of Retained Earnings      For       For          Management

4     Amend Articles Re: Comply with New      For       For          Management

      Swiss Corporate Law (Non-Routine)                                        

5     Authorize Holding More Than 10 Percent  For       For          Management

      of Company's Own Shares                                                  

6     Approve Discharge of Board and Senior   For       For          Management

      Management                                                                

7.1   Reelect Daniel Borel  as Director       For       For          Management

7.2   Reelect Matthew Bousquette as Director  For       For          Management

7.3   Reelect Kee-Lock Chua as Director       For       For          Management

7.4   Reelect Bracken P. Darrell as Director  For       For          Management

7.5   Reelect Sally Davis as Director         For       For          Management

7.6   Reelect Guerrino De Luca as Director    For       For          Management

7.7   Reelect Didier Hirsch as Director       For       For          Management

7.8   Reelect Neil Hunt as Director           For       For          Management

7.9   Reelect  Monika Ribar as Director       For       For          Management

7.10  Elect Dimitri Panayotopoulos  as        For       For          Management

      Director                                                                 

8     Elect Guerrino De Luca as Board         For       For          Management

      Chairman                                                                  

9.1   Appoint Matthew Bousquette as Member    For       For          Management

      of the Compensation Committee                                            

9.2   Appoint Sally Davis as Member of the    For       For          Management

      Compensation Committee                                                   

9.3   Appoint  Neil Hunt as Member of the     For       For          Management

      Compensation Committee                                                    

9.4   Appoint Monika Ribar as Member of the   For       For          Management

      Compensation Committee                                                   

10    Ratify  KPMG AG as Auditors             For       For          Management

11    Designate Beatrice Ehlers as            For       For          Management

      Independent Proxy                                                        

A     Authorize Independent Representative    For       Abstain      Management

      to Vote on Any Amendment to Previous                                     

      Resolutions                                                              

 

 

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MSCI INC.                                                                      

 

Ticker:       MSCI           Security ID:  55354G100                           

Meeting Date: APR 30, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 04, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1a  Elect Director Henry A. Fernandez       For       For          Management

1.1b  Elect Director Robert G. Ashe           For       For          Management

1.1c  Elect Director Benjamin F. duPont       For       For          Management

1.1d  Elect Director Wayne Edmunds            For       For          Management

1.1e  Elect Director D. Robert Hale           For       For          Management

1.1f  Elect Director Alice W. Handy           For       For          Management

1.1g  Elect Director Catherine R. Kinney      For       For          Management

1.1h  Elect Director Wendy E. Lane            For       For          Management

1.1i  Elect Director Linda H. Riefler         For       For          Management

1.1j  Elect Director George W. Siguler        For       For          Management

1.1k  Elect Director Patrick Tierney          For       For          Management

1.1l  Elect Director Rodolphe M. Vallee       For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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NIC INC.                                                                       

 

Ticker:       EGOV           Security ID:  62914B100                           

Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 06, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Harry H. Herington       For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Art N. Burtscher         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Venmal (Raji) Arasu      For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Karen S. Evans           For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Ross C. Hartley          For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director C. Brad Henry            For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Alexander C. Kemper      For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director William M. Lyons         For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Pete Wilson              For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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OUTFRONT MEDIA INC.                                                            

 

Ticker:       OUT            Security ID:  69007J106                           

Meeting Date: JUN 09, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  APR 15, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Manuel A. Diaz           For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Peter Mathes             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Susan M. Tolson          For       For          Management

2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management

5     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

6     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management

 

 

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PANDORA MEDIA, INC.                                                            

 

Ticker:       P              Security ID:  698354107                           

Meeting Date: JUN 04, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 06, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Timothy Leiweke          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Roger Faxon              For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS INCORPORATED                                          

 

Ticker:       RBA            Security ID:  767744105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual/Special                      

Record Date:  MAR 20, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Beverley Anne Briscoe    For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Robert George Elton      For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Erik Olsson              For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Eric Patel               For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Edward Baltazar Pitoniak For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Ravichandra K. Saligram  For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Christopher Zimmerman    For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Lisa Anne Pollina        For       For          Management

2     Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors   For       For          Management

      and Authorize Board to Fix Their                                         

      Remuneration                                                             

3     Amend By-Law No. 1                      For       Against      Management

4     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management

      Compensation Approach                                                    

 

 

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SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS, INC.                                                    

 

Ticker:       SBH            Security ID:  79546E104                           

Meeting Date: JAN 29, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                               

Record Date:  DEC 01, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Katherine Button Bell    For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director John R. Golliher         For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Robert R. McMaster       For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Susan R. Mulder          For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Edward W. Rabin          For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Gary G. Winterhalter     For       For          Management

2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management

3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

 

 

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SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.                                                             

 

Ticker:       SSTK           Security ID:  825690100                           

Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 17, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Steven Berns             For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Thomas R. Evans          For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Paul J. Hennessy         For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management

4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

 

 

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TECHNE CORPORATION                                                             

 

Ticker:       TECH           Security ID:  878377100                           

Meeting Date: OCT 30, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  SEP 05, 2014                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1     Fix Number of Directors at Ten          For       For          Management

2a    Elect Director Charles R. Kummeth       For       For          Management

2b    Elect Director Robert V. Baumgartner    For       For          Management

2c    Elect Director Roger C. Lucas           For       For          Management

2d    Elect Director Howard V. O'Connell      For       For          Management

2e    Elect Director Randolph C. Steer        For       For          Management

2f    Elect Director Charles A. Dinarello     For       For          Management

2g    Elect Director Karen A. Holbrook        For       For          Management

2h    Elect Director John L. Higgins          For       For          Management

2i    Elect Director Roeland Nusse            For       For          Management

2j    Elect Director Harold J. Wiens          For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management

5     Approve Qualified Employee Stock        For       For          Management

      Purchase Plan                                                            

6     Change Company Name                     For       For          Management

 

 

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ULTA SALON, COSMETICS & FRAGRANCE, INC.                                        

 

Ticker:       ULTA           Security ID:  90384S303                           

Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 06, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert F. DiRomualdo     For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Catherine A. Halligan    For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Lorna E. Nagler          For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Michelle L. Collins      For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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VERIFONE SYSTEMS, INC.                                                         

 

Ticker:       PAY            Security ID:  92342Y109                           

Meeting Date: MAR 26, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  JAN 30, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Robert W. Alspaugh       For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Karen Austin             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Paul Galant              For       For          Management

1.4   Elect Director Alex W. (Pete) Hart      For       For          Management

1.5   Elect Director Robert B. Henske         For       For          Management

1.6   Elect Director Wenda Harris Millard     For       For          Management

1.7   Elect Director Eitan Raff               For       For          Management

1.8   Elect Director Jonathan I. Schwartz     For       For          Management

1.9   Elect Director Jane J. Thompson         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 Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

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WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC.                                                   

 

Ticker:       WETF           Security ID:  97717P104                           

Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  APR 27, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Anthony Bossone          For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Bruce Lavine             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Michael Steinhardt       For       For          Management

2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                          

 

 

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YELP INC.                                                                      

 

Ticker:       YELP           Security ID:  985817105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 23, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Geoff Donaker            For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Robert Gibbs             For       For          Management

1.3   Elect Director Jeremy Stoppelman        For       For          Management

2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management

      Auditors                                                                 

3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

 

 

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ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION                                                 

 

Ticker:       ZBRA           Security ID:  989207105                           

Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual                              

Record Date:  MAR 24, 2015                                                     

 

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor   

1.1   Elect Director Richard L. Keyser        For       For          Management

1.2   Elect Director Ross W. Manire           For       For          Management

2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management

      Executive Officers' Compensation                                         

3     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan  For       For          Management

4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management

5     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management

 

 

 

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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.

 

DELAWARE GROUP® EQUITY FUNDS IV

 

By:

Shawn Lytle

 

Name:

Shawn Lytle

 

Title:

President/ Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:

August 25, 2015