N-PX 1 ariel_npx.txt ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY STATEMENT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION NO. 811-04786 ARIEL INVESTMENT TRUST 200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 2900 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 726-0140 Agent for service: Mareile Cusack Ariel Investment Trust 200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 2900 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 726-0140 With a copy to: Arthur Don Greenberg Traurig, LLP 77 West Wacker Drive Suite 3100 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 456-8438 Date of fiscal year end: September 30 Date of reporting period: July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 Item 1. Proxy Voting Record. =========================== Ariel Appreciation Fund ============================ ACCENTURE PLC Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1150G111 Meeting Date: AUG 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: JUN 19, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Reincorporation from Bermuda to For For Management Ireland through Scheme of Arrangement 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management 1 Approve the Creation of Distributable For For Management Reserves for Accenture plc 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCENTURE PLC Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1151C101 Meeting Date: FEB 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 14, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Reelect William L. Kimsey as a Director For For Management 1.2 Reelect Robert I. Lipp as a Director For For Management 1.3 Reelect Wulf von Schimmelmann as a For For Management Director 2 Approve KPMG as Auditors and Authorize For For Management Board to Fix Their Remuneration 3 Approve 2010 Share Incentive Plan For For Management 4 Approve 2010 Employee Share Purchase For For Management Plan 5 Change Location of Annual Meeting For For Management 6 Authorize Open-Market Purchases of For For Management Class A Ordinary Shares 7 Authorize Board to Determine Price For For Management Range for the Issuance of Acquired Treasury Stock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFLAC INCORPORATED Ticker: AFL Security ID: 001055102 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Daniel P. Amos For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John Shelby Amos II For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Paul S. Amos II For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael H. Armacost For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Kriss Cloninger III For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Joe Frank Harris For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Elizabeth J. Hudson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Douglas W. Johnson For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert B. Johnson For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Charles B. Knapp For For Management 1.11 Elect Director E. Stephen Purdom, M.d. For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Barbara K. Rimer, PhD For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Marvin R. Schuster For For Management 1.14 Elect Director David Gary Thompson For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Robert L. Wright For For Management 1.16 Elect Director Takuro Yoshida For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Ticker: AXE Security ID: 035290105 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lord James Blyth For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Frederic F. Brace For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Eck For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert W. Grubbs, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director F. Philip Handy For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Melvyn N. Klein For For Management 1.8 Elect Director George Munoz For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Stuart M. Sloan For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Matthew Zell For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Samuel Zell For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Ticker: BAX Security ID: 071813109 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Blake E. Devitt For For Management 2 Elect Director John D. Forsyth For For Management 3 Elect Director Gail D. Fosler For For Management 4 Elect Director Carole J. Shapazian For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. Ticker: BIO Security ID: 090572207 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Louis Drapeau For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Albert J. Hillman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK & DECKER CORP., THE Ticker: BDK Security ID: 091797100 Meeting Date: MAR 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: JAN 11, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARNIVAL CORP. Ticker: CCL Security ID: 143658300 Meeting Date: APR 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Reelect Micky Arison As A Director Of For For Management Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 2 Elect Sir Jonathon Band As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 3 Reelect Robert H. Dickinson As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 4 Reelect Arnold W. Donald As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 5 Reelect Pier Luigi Foschi As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 6 Reelect Howard S. Frank As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 7 Reelect Richard J. Glasier As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 8 Reelect Modesto A. Maidique As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 9 Reelect Sir John Parker As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 10 Reelect Peter G. Ratcliffe As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 11 Reelect Stuart Subotnick As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 12 Reelect Laura Weil As A Director Of For For Management Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 13 Reelect Randall J. Weisenburger As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 14 Reelect Uzi Zucker As A Director Of For For Management Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 15 Reappoint The UK Firm Of For For Management PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP As Independent Auditors For Carnival Plc And Ratify The U.S. Firm Of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP As The Independent Auditor For Carnival Corporation. 16 Authorize The Audit Committee Of For For Management Carnival Plc To Fix Remuneration Of The Independent Auditors Of Carnival Plc. 17 Receive The UK Accounts And Reports Of For For Management The Directors And Auditors Of Carnival Plc For The Year Ended November 30, 2009 18 Approve The Directors Remuneration For For Management Report Of Carnival Plc For The Year Ended November 30, 2009 19 Authorize Issue of Equity with For For Management Pre-emptive Rights 20 Authorize Issue of Equity without For For Management Pre-emptive Rights 21 Authorise Shares for Market Purchase For For Management 22 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder 23 Transact Other Business (Non-Voting) None None Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC. Ticker: CBG Security ID: 12497T101 Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 9, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard C. Blum For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Curtis F. Feeny For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Bradford M. Freeman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael Kantor For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Frederic V. Malek For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jane J. Su For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Laura D. Tyson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Brett White For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Gary L. Wilson For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Ray Wirta For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION Ticker: CYN Security ID: 178566105 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 22, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Russell Goldsmith For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ronald L. Olson For For Management 1.3 Elect DirectorRobert H. Tuttle For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLOROX COMPANY, THE Ticker: CLX Security ID: 189054109 Meeting Date: NOV 18, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 21, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Daniel Boggan, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard H. Carmona For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Tully M. Friedman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director George J. Harad For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Donald R. Knauss For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert W. Matschullat For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Gary G. Michael For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Edward A. Mueller For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Jan L. Murley For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Pamela Thomas-Graham For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Carolyn M. Ticknor For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require Independent Board Chairman Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. Ticker: STZ Security ID: 21036P108 Meeting Date: JUL 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 26, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Barry A. Fromberg For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jeananne K. Hauswald For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James A. Locke III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Peter M. Perez For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Richard Sands For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert Sands For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Paul L. Smith For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Peter H. Soderberg For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Mark Zupan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DELL INC. Ticker: DELL Security ID: 24702R101 Meeting Date: JUL 17, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 22, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James W. Breyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Donald J. Carty For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael S. Dell For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Sallie L. Krawcheck For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Judy C. Lewent For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas W. Luce, III For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Klaus S. Luft For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Alex J. Mandl For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Sam Nunn For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Reimburse Proxy Contest Expenses Against For Shareholder 4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION, THE Ticker: DNB Security ID: 26483E100 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director John W. Alden For For Management 2 Elect Director Christopher J. Coughlin For For Management 3 Elect Director Sara Mathew For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. Ticker: ENR Security ID: 29266R108 Meeting Date: JAN 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 20, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director R. David Hoover For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John C. Hunter For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John E. Klein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John R. Roberts For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EQUIFAX INC. Ticker: EFX Security ID: 294429105 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 2, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Robert D. Daleo For For Management 2 Elect Director Walter W. Driver, Jr. For For Management 3 Elect Director L. Phillip Humann For For Management 4 Elect Director Mark B. Templeton For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. Ticker: BEN Security ID: 354613101 Meeting Date: MAR 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles Crocker For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph R. Hardiman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert D. Joffe For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Charles B. Johnson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gregory E. Johnson For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Thomas H. Kean For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Chutta Ratnathicam For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Peter M. Sacerdote For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Laura Stein For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GANNETT CO., INC. Ticker: GCI Security ID: 364730101 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Craig A. Dubow For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Howard D. Elias For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Arthur H. Harper For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John Jeffry Louis For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Marjorie Magner For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Scott K. McCune For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Duncan M. McFarland For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Donna E. Shalala For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Neal Shapiro For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Karen Hastie Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Adopt Anti Gross-up Policy Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC. Ticker: HEW Security ID: 42822Q100 Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 2, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Judson C. Green For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael E. Greenlees For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Steven P. Stanbrook For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Stacey J. Mobley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. Ticker: ITW Security ID: 452308109 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Marvin D. Brailsford For For Management 2 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management 3 Elect Director Don H. Davis, Jr. For For Management 4 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management 5 Elect Director Robert S. Morrison For For Management 6 Elect Director James A. Skinner For For Management 7 Elect Director David B. Smith, Jr. For For Management 8 Elect Director David B. Speer For For Management 9 Elect Director Pamela B. Strobel For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management 11 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Ticker: IGT Security ID: 459902102 Meeting Date: SEP 30, 2009 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: AUG 14, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Stock Option Exchange Program For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Ticker: IGT Security ID: 459902102 Meeting Date: MAR 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 4, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paget L. Alves For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Patti S. Hart For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Mathewson For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Matthews For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert J. Miller For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Frederick B. Rentschler For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David E. Roberson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Philip G. Satre For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC., THE Ticker: IPG Security ID: 460690100 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Reginald K. Brack For For Management 2 Elect Director Jocelyn Carter-Miller For For Management 3 Elect Director Jill M. Considine For For Management 4 Elect Director Richard A. Goldstein For For Management 5 Elect Director Mary J. Steele Guilfoile For For Management 6 Elect Director H. John Greeniaus For For Management 7 Elect Director William T. Kerr For For Management 8 Elect Director Michael I. Roth For For Management 9 Elect Director David M. Thomas For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management 11 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against Against Shareholder Special Meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. M. SMUCKER CO., THE Ticker: SJM Security ID: 832696405 Meeting Date: AUG 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 23, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Paul J. Dolan For For Management 2 Elect Director Nancy Lopez Knight For For Management 3 Elect Director Gary A. Oatey For For Management 4 Elect Director Alex Shumate For For Management 5 Elect Director Timothy P. Smucker For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 Eliminate Cumulative Voting For For Management 8 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management Election of Directors 9 Approve Board to Amend the Amendment For For Management Regulations to the Extent Permitted By Law -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JANUS CAPITAL GROUP INC. Ticker: JNS Security ID: 47102X105 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Richard M. Weil For For Management 2 Elect Director G. Andrew Cox For For Management 3 Elect Director Deborah R. Gatzek For For Management 4 Elect Director Robert T. Parry For For Management 5 Elect Director Jock Patton For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JONES LANG LASALLE, INC. Ticker: JLL Security ID: 48020Q107 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Colin Dyer For For Management 2 Elect Director Darryl Hartley-Leonard For For Management 3 Elect Director DeAnne Julius For For Management 4 Elect Director Ming Lu For For Management 5 Elect Director Lauralee E. Martin For For Management 6 Elect Director Sheila A. Penrose For For Management 7 Elect Director David B. Rickard For For Management 8 Elect Director Roger T. Staubach For For Management 9 Elect Director Thomas C. Theobald For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management 11 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS Ticker: LH Security ID: 50540R409 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director David P. King For For Management 2 Elect Director Kerrii B. Anderson For For Management 3 Elect Director Jean-Luc Belingard For For Management 4 Elect Director Wendy E. Lane For For Management 5 Elect Director Thomas P. Mac Mahon For For Management 6 Elect Director Robert E. Mittelstaedt, For For Management Jr. 7 Elect Director Arthur H. Rubenstein For For Management 8 Elect Director M. Keith Weikel For For Management 9 Elect Director R. Sanders Williams For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAZARD LTD Ticker: LAZ Security ID: G54050102 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Laurent Mignon as Director For For Management 1.2 Elect Gary W. Parr as Director For For Management 1.3 Elect Hal S. Scott as Director For For Management 2 Amend Bye-laws Re: Removal Procedure For For Management for Chairman and CEO 3 Approve Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKEL CORPORATION Ticker: MKL Security ID: 570535104 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 2, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Douglas C. Eby For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stewart M. Kasen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Alan I. Kirshner For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Lemuel E. Lewis For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Darrell D. Martin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Anthony F. Markel For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Steven A. Markel For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Jay M. Weinberg For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Debora J. Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. Ticker: MHK Security ID: 608190104 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Phyllis O. Bonanno For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David L. Kolb For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph A. Onorato For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. Christopher Wellborn For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORDSTROM, INC. Ticker: JWN Security ID: 655664100 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Phyllis J. Campbell For For Management 2 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management 3 Elect Director Robert G. Miller For For Management 4 Elect Director Blake W. Nordstrom For For Management 5 Elect Director Erik B. Nordstrom For For Management 6 Elect Director Peter E. Nordstrom For For Management 7 Elect Director Philip G. Satre For For Management 8 Elect Director Robert D. Walter For For Management 9 Elect Director Alison A. Winter For For Management 10 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 11 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION Ticker: NTRS Security ID: 665859104 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Nicholas D. Chabraja For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Susan Crown For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Dipak C. Jain For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert W. Lane For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert C. McCormack For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Edward J. Mooney For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John W. Rowe For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David H.B. Smith, Jr. For For Management 1.10 Elect Director William D. Smithburg For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Enrique J. Sosa For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Charles A. Tribbett, III For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Frederick H. Waddell For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OMNICOM GROUP INC. Ticker: OMC Security ID: 681919106 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John D. Wren For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Bruce Crawford For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Alan R. Batkin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert Charles Clark For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Errol M. Cook For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Susan S. Denison For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael A. Henning For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John R. Murphy For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John R. Purcell For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Linda Johnson Rice For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Gary L. Roubos For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management Election of Directors 5 Reimburse Proxy Contest Expenses Against For Shareholder 6 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder will not Make or Promise to Make Any Death Benefit Payments to Senior Executives 7 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOTHEBY'S Ticker: BID Security ID: 835898107 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 11, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John M. Angelo For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael Blakenham For For Management 1.3 Elect Director The Duke Of Devonshire For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James Murdoch For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Allen Questrom For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William F. Ruprecht For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael I. Sovern For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Donald M. Stewart For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert S. Taubman For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Diana L. Taylor For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Dennis M. Weibling For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Robin G. Woodhead For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Restricted For For Management Stock Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. Ticker: STJ Security ID: 790849103 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Stuart M. Essig For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Barbara B. Hill For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael A. Rocca For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Prepare Sustainability Report Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. Ticker: SWK Security ID: 854502101 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John G. Breen For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George W. Buckley For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Manuel A. Fernandez For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Benjamin H. Griswold, IV For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Anthony Luiso For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John F. Lundgren For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert L. Ryan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T. ROWE PRICE GROUP, INC. Ticker: TROW Security ID: 74144T108 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Edward C. Bernard For For Management 2 Elect Director James T. Brady For For Management 3 Elect Director J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. For For Management 4 Elect Director Donald B. Hebb, Jr. For For Management 5 Elect Director James A.C. Kennedy For For Management 6 Elect Director Brian C. Rogers For For Management 7 Elect Director Alfred Sommer, PHD For For Management 8 Elect Director Dwight S. Taylor For For Management 9 Elect Director Anne Marie Whittemore For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. Ticker: TMO Security ID: 883556102 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 29, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Marc N. Casper For For Management 2 Elect Director Tyler Jacks For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIFFANY & CO. Ticker: TIF Security ID: 886547108 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski For For Management 2 Elect Director Rose Marie Bravo For For Management 3 Elect Director Gary E. Costley For For Management 4 Elect Director Lawrence K. Fish For For Management 5 Elect Director Abby F. Kohnstamm For For Management 6 Elect Director Charles K. Marquis For For Management 7 Elect Director Peter W. May For For Management 8 Elect Director J. Thomas Presby For For Management 9 Elect Director William A. Shutzer For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. Ticker: ZMH Security ID: 98956P102 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 4, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Betsy J. Bernard For For Management 2 Elect Director Marc N. Casper For For Management 3 Elect Director David C. Dvorak For For Management 4 Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock For For Management 5 Elect Director Robert A. Hagemann For For Management 6 Elect Director Arthur J. Higgins For For Management 7 Elect Director John L. McGoldrick For For Management 8 Elect Director Cecil B. Pickett, Ph.D. For For Management 9 Ratify Auditors For For Management =============================== Ariel Focus Fund =============================== ACCENTURE PLC Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1150G111 Meeting Date: AUG 5, 2009 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: JUN 19, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Reincorporation from Bermuda to For For Management Ireland through Scheme of Arrangement 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management 1 Approve the Creation of Distributable For For Management Reserves for Accenture plc 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCENTURE PLC Ticker: ACN Security ID: G1151C101 Meeting Date: FEB 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 14, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Reelect William L. Kimsey as a Director For For Management 1.2 Reelect Robert I. Lipp as a Director For For Management 1.3 Reelect Wulf von Schimmelmann as a For For Management Director 2 Approve KPMG as Auditors and Authorize For For Management Board to Fix Their Remuneration 3 Approve 2010 Share Incentive Plan For For Management 4 Approve 2010 Employee Share Purchase For For Management Plan 5 Change Location of Annual Meeting For For Management 6 Authorize Open-Market Purchases of For For Management Class A Ordinary Shares 7 Authorize Board to Determine Price For For Management Range for the Issuance of Acquired Treasury Stock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFLAC INCORPORATED Ticker: AFL Security ID: 001055102 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Daniel P. Amos For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John Shelby Amos II For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Paul S. Amos II For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael H. Armacost For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Kriss Cloninger III For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Joe Frank Harris For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Elizabeth J. Hudson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Douglas W. Johnson For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert B. Johnson For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Charles B. Knapp For For Management 1.11 Elect Director E. Stephen Purdom, M.d. For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Barbara K. Rimer, PhD For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Marvin R. Schuster For For Management 1.14 Elect Director David Gary Thompson For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Robert L. Wright For For Management 1.16 Elect Director Takuro Yoshida For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, THE Ticker: BK Security ID: 064058100 Meeting Date: APR 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Ruth E. Bruch For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Nicholas M. Donofrio For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gerald L. Hassell For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Edmund F. Kelly For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert P. Kelly For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Richard J. Kogan For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John A. Luke, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert Mehrabian For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Mark A. Nordenberg For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Catherine A. Rein For For Management 1.12 Elect Director William C. Richardson For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Samuel C. Scott III For For Management 1.14 Elect Director John P. Surma For For Management 1.15 Elect Director Wesley W. von Schack For For Management 2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management Officers' Compensation 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against For Shareholder 5 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder 6 Submit Severance Agreement Against For Shareholder (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Ticker: BAX Security ID: 071813109 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Blake E. Devitt For For Management 2 Elect Director John D. Forsyth For For Management 3 Elect Director Gail D. Fosler For For Management 4 Elect Director Carole J. Shapazian For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management 6 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Ticker: BRK.B Security ID: 084670207 Meeting Date: JAN 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: NOV 30, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Stock Split For For Management 2 Approve Split of Class B Stock Without For For Management Splitting Class A Stock 3 Adjust Par Value of Common Stock For For Management 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 5 Remove Requirement of Issuing Physical For For Management Stock Certificates for Class B Stock Upon Conversion of Class A Stock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Ticker: BRK.B Security ID: 084670702 Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Warren E. Buffett For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles T. Munger For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Howard G. Buffett For For Management 1.4 Elect director Stephen Burke For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Susan L. Decker For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William H. Gates III For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David S. Gottesman For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Charlotte Guyman For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Donald R. Keough For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Thomas S. Murphy For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Ronald L. Olson For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Walter Scott, Jr. For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARNIVAL CORP. Ticker: CCL Security ID: 143658300 Meeting Date: APR 13, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Reelect Micky Arison As A Director Of For For Management Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 2 Elect Sir Jonathon Band As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 3 Reelect Robert H. Dickinson As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 4 Reelect Arnold W. Donald As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 5 Reelect Pier Luigi Foschi As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 6 Reelect Howard S. Frank As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 7 Reelect Richard J. Glasier As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 8 Reelect Modesto A. Maidique As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 9 Reelect Sir John Parker As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 10 Reelect Peter G. Ratcliffe As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 11 Reelect Stuart Subotnick As A Director For For Management Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 12 Reelect Laura Weil As A Director Of For For Management Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 13 Reelect Randall J. Weisenburger As A For For Management Director Of Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 14 Reelect Uzi Zucker As A Director Of For For Management Carnival Corporation And As A Director Of Carnival Plc. 15 Reappoint The UK Firm Of For For Management PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP As Independent Auditors For Carnival Plc And Ratify The U.S. Firm Of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP As The Independent Auditor For Carnival Corporation. 16 Authorize The Audit Committee Of For For Management Carnival Plc To Fix Remuneration Of The Independent Auditors Of Carnival Plc. 17 Receive The UK Accounts And Reports Of For For Management The Directors And Auditors Of Carnival Plc For The Year Ended November 30, 2009 18 Approve The Directors Remuneration For For Management Report Of Carnival Plc For The Year Ended November 30, 2009 19 Authorize Issue of Equity with For For Management Pre-emptive Rights 20 Authorize Issue of Equity without For For Management Pre-emptive Rights 21 Authorise Shares for Market Purchase For For Management 22 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against Against Shareholder 23 Transact Other Business (Non-Voting) None None Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COVIDIEN PLC Ticker: COV Security ID: G2554F105 Meeting Date: MAR 16, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 13, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management Statutory Reports 2a Elect Craig Arnold as Director For For Management 2b Elect Robert H. Brust as Director For For Management 2c Elect John M. Connors, Jr. as Director For For Management 2d Elect Christopher J. Coughlin as For For Management Director 2e Elect Timothy M. Donahue as Director For For Management 2f Elect Kathy J. Herbert as Director For For Management 2g Elect Randall J. Hogan, III as Director For For Management 2h Elect Richard J. Meelia as Director For For Management 2i Elect Dennis H. Reilley as Director For For Management 2j Elect Tadataka Yamada as Director For For Management 2k Elect Joseph A. Zaccagnino as Director For For Management 3 Approve Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Auditors 4 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For For Management 5 Authorize Reissuance of Treasury Shares For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DELL INC. Ticker: DELL Security ID: 24702R101 Meeting Date: JUL 17, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 22, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James W. Breyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Donald J. Carty For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael S. Dell For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For Withhold Management 1.5 Elect Director Sallie L. Krawcheck For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Judy C. Lewent For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas W. Luce, III For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Klaus S. Luft For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Alex J. Mandl For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Sam Nunn For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Reimburse Proxy Contest Expenses Against For Shareholder 4 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION Ticker: XOM Security ID: 30231G102 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 6, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director M.J. Boskin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director P. Brabeck-Letmathe For For Management 1.3 Elect Director L.R. Faulkner For For Management 1.4 Elect Director J.S. Fishman For For Management 1.5 Elect Director K.C. Frazier For For Management 1.6 Elect Director W.W. George For For Management 1.7 Elect Director M.C. Nelson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director S.J. Palmisano For For Management 1.9 Elect Director S.C. Reinemund For For Management 1.10 Elect Director R.W. Tillerson For For Management 1.11 Elect Director E.E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against Against Shareholder Special Meetings 4 Reincorporate in Another State [from Against Against Shareholder New Jersey to North Dakota] 5 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against Against Shareholder Officers' Compensation 6 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against Against Shareholder Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 7 Adopt Policy on Human Right to Water Against Against Shareholder 8 Adopt Policy to Address Coastal Against Against Shareholder Louisiana Environmental Impacts 9 Report on Environmental Impact of Oil Against For Shareholder Sands Operations in Canada 10 Report on Environmental Impacts of Against For Shareholder Natural Gas Fracturing 11 Report on Energy Technologies Against Against Shareholder Development 12 Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals from Against For Shareholder Products and Operations 13 Report on Risks of Alternative Against Against Shareholder Long-term Fossil Fuel Demand Estimates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HESS CORPORATION Ticker: HES Security ID: 42809H107 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director N.F. Brady For For Management 1.2 Elect Director G.P. Hill For For Management 1.3 Elect Director T.H. Kean For For Management 1.4 Elect Director F.A. Olson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC. Ticker: HEW Security ID: 42822Q100 Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 2, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Judson C. Green For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael E. Greenlees For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Steven P. Stanbrook For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Stacey J. Mobley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Ticker: IBM Security ID: 459200101 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 26, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director A. J. P. Belda For For Management 2 Elect Director C. Black For For Management 3 Elect Director W. R. Brody For For Management 4 Elect Director K. I. Chenault For For Management 5 Elect Director M. L. Eskew For For Management 6 Elect Director S. A. Jackson For For Management 7 Elect Director A. N. Liveris For For Management 8 Elect Director W. J. McNerney, Jr. For For Management 9 Elect Director T. Nishimuro For For Management 10 Elect Director J. W. Owens For For Management 11 Elect Director S. J. Palmisano For For Management 12 Elect Director J. E. Spero For For Management 13 Elect Director S. Taurel For For Management 14 Elect Director L. H. Zambrano For For Management 15 Ratify Auditors For For Management 16 Adopt Policy on Bonus Banking Against Against Shareholder 17 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 18 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against Against Shareholder Special Meetings 19 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against Against Shareholder Officers' Compensation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC., THE Ticker: IPG Security ID: 460690100 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Reginald K. Brack For For Management 2 Elect Director Jocelyn Carter-Miller For For Management 3 Elect Director Jill M. Considine For For Management 4 Elect Director Richard A. Goldstein For For Management 5 Elect Director Mary J. Steele Guilfoile For For Management 6 Elect Director H. John Greeniaus For For Management 7 Elect Director William T. Kerr For For Management 8 Elect Director Michael I. Roth For For Management 9 Elect Director David M. Thomas For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management 11 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against Against Shareholder Special Meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHNSON & JOHNSON Ticker: JNJ Security ID: 478160104 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Mary Sue Coleman For For Management 2 Elect Director James G. Culien For For Management 3 Elect Director Michael M. E. Johns For For Management 4 Elect Director Susan L. Lindquist For For Management 5 Elect Director Anne M. Mulcahy For For Management 6 Elect Director Lea F. Mullin For For Management 7 Elect Director William D. Perez For For Management 8 Elect Director Charles Prince For For Management 9 Elect Director David Satcher For For Management 10 Elect Director William C. Welcon For For Management 11 Ratify Auditors For For Management 12 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder Officers' Compensation 13 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder Special Meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. Ticker: JPM Security ID: 46625H100 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Crandall C. Bowles For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stephen B. Burke For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David M. Cote For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James S. Crown For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James Dimon For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ellen V. Futter For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director David C. Novak For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Lee R. Raymond For For Management 1.11 Elect Director William C. Weldon For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management Officers' Compensation 4 Affirm Political Non-Partisanship Against Against Shareholder 5 Amend Bylaws-- Call Special Meetings Against For Shareholder 6 Report on Collateral in Derivatives Against For Shareholder Trading 7 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent Against For Shareholder 8 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder 9 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder 10 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION Ticker: LMT Security ID: 539830109 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director E. C. "Pete" Aldrige, For For Management Jr. 2 Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald For For Management 3 Elect Director David B. Burritt For For Management 4 Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Management 5 Elect Director Gwendolyn S. King For For Management 6 Elect Director James M. Loy For For Management 7 Elect Director Douglas H. McCorkindale For For Management 8 Elect Director Joseph W. Ralston For For Management 9 Elect Director James Schneider For For Management 10 Elect Director Anne Stevens For For Management 11 Elect Director Robert J. Stevens For For Management 12 Ratify Auditors For For Management 13 Report on Space-based Weapons Program Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCK & CO., INC. Ticker: MRK Security ID: 589331107 Meeting Date: AUG 7, 2009 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: JUN 22, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Acquisition For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCK & CO., INC. Ticker: MRK Security ID: 58933Y105 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 26, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Leslie A. Brun For For Management 2 Elect Director Thomas R. Cech For For Management 3 Elect Director Richard T. Clark For For Management 4 Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer For For Management 5 Elect Director Steven F. Goldstone For For Management 6 Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. For For Management 7 Elect Director Harry R. Jacobson For For Management 8 Elect Director William N. Kelley For For Management 9 Elect Director C. Robert Kidder For For Management 10 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management 11 Elect Director Carlos E. Represas For For Management 12 Elect Director Patricia F. Russo For For Management 13 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk For For Management 14 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management 15 Elect Director Craig B. Thompson For For Management 16 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management 17 Elect Director Peter C. Wendell For For Management 18 Ratify Auditors For For Management 19 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 20 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management Stock Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORGAN STANLEY Ticker: MS Security ID: 617446448 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Roy J. Bostock For Against Management 2 Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles For For Management 3 Elect Director Howard J. Davies For For Management 4 Elect Director James P. Gorman For For Management 5 Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr. For For Management 6 Elect Director Nobuyuki Hirano For For Management 7 Elect Director C. Robert Kidder For For Management 8 Elect Director John J. Mack For For Management 9 Elect Director Donald T. Nicolaisen For For Management 10 Elect Director Charles H. Noski For For Management 11 Elect Director Hutham S. Olayan For For Management 12 Elect Director O. Griffith Sexton For For Management 13 Elect Director Laura D. Tyson For For Management 14 Ratify Auditors For For Management 15 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management Officers' Compensation 16 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 17 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against For Shareholder Special Meetings 18 Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Shareholder 19 Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Shareholder 20 Report on Pay Disparity Against Against Shareholder 21 Claw-back of Payments under Against For Shareholder Restatements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OMNICOM GROUP INC. Ticker: OMC Security ID: 681919106 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John D. Wren For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Bruce Crawford For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Alan R. Batkin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert Charles Clark For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Errol M. Cook For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Susan S. Denison For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael A. Henning For For Management 1.9 Elect Director John R. Murphy For For Management 1.10 Elect Director John R. Purcell For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Linda Johnson Rice For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Gary L. Roubos For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management Election of Directors 5 Reimburse Proxy Contest Expenses Against For Shareholder 6 Adopt a Policy in which the Company Against For Shareholder will not Make or Promise to Make Any Death Benefit Payments to Senior Executives 7 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. Ticker: 7203 Security ID: 892331307 Meeting Date: JUN 24, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 30, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Distribution Of Surplus For For Management 2.1 Director Fujio Cho For For Management 2.2 Director Katsuaki Watanabe For For Management 2.3 Director Kazuo Okamoto For For Management 2.4 Director Akio Toyoda For For Management 2.5 Director Takeshi Uchiyamada For For Management 2.6 Director Yukitoshi Funo For For Management 2.7 Director Atsushi Niimi For For Management 2.8 Director Shinichi Sasaki For For Management 2.9 Director Yoichiro Ichimaru For For Management 2.10 Director Satoshi Ozawa For For Management 2.11 Director Akira Okabe For For Management 2.12 Director Shinzo Kobuki For For Management 2.13 Director Akira Sasaki For For Management 2.14 Director Mamoru Furuhashi For For Management 2.15 Director Iwao Nihashi For For Management 2.16 Director Tadashi Yamashina For For Management 2.17 Director Takahiko Ijichi For For Management 2.18 Director Tetsuo Agata For For Management 2.19 Director Masamoto Maekawa For For Management 2.20 Director Yasumori Ihara For For Management 2.21 Director Takahiro Iwase For For Management 2.22 Director Yoshimasa Ishii For For Management 2.23 Director Takeshi Shirane For For Management 2.24 Director Yoshimi Inaba For For Management 2.25 Director Nampachi Hayashi For For Management 2.26 Director Nobuyori Kodaira For For Management 2.27 Director Mitsuhisa Kato For For Management 3 Election Of Corporate Auditor: Masaki For For Management Nakatsugawa 4 Election Of Corporate Auditor: Yoichi For Against Management Morishita 5 Election Of Corporate Auditor: Akishige For Against Management Okada 6 Issuance Of Stock Acquisition Rights For For Management For The Purpose Of granting Stock Options -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. Ticker: TYC Security ID: H89128104 Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 11, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and For For Management Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2008/2009 2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For For Management Management 3.1 Reelect Edward Breen as Director For For Management 3.2 Elect Michael Daniels as Director For For Management 3.3 Reelect Timothy Donahue as Director For For Management 3.4 Reelect Brian Duperreault as Director For For Management 3.5 Reelect Bruce Gordon as Director For For Management 3.6 Reelect Rajiv Gupta as Director For For Management 3.7 Reelect John Krol as Director For For Management 3.8 Reelect Brendan O'Neill as Director For For Management 3.9 Reelect William Stavropoulos as For For Management Director 3.10 Reelect Sandra Wijnberg as Director For For Management 3.11 Reelect R. David Yost as Director For For Management 4a Ratify Deloitte AG as Auditors For For Management 4b Appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2009/2010 4c Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For For Management Special Auditor 5a Approve Carrying Forward of Net Loss For For Management 5b Approve CHF 407.4 Million Reduction in For For Management Share Capital and Repayment of CHF 0.85 per Share 6 Amend Articles Re: Plurality Voting For For Management Standard for Board Elections When the Number of Candidates Exceeds the Number of Board Positions Available 7 Transact Other Business (Voting) For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WALT DISNEY COMPANY, THE Ticker: DIS Security ID: 254687106 Meeting Date: MAR 10, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 11, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Susan E. Arnold For For Management 2 Elect Director John E. Bryson For For Management 3 Elect Director John S. Chen For For Management 4 Elect Director Judith L. Estrin For For Management 5 Elect Director Robert A. Iger For For Management 6 Elect Director Steven P. Jobs For For Management 7 Elect Director Fred H. Langhammer For For Management 8 Elect Director Aylwin B. Lewis For For Management 9 Elect Director Monica C. Lozano For For Management 10 Elect Director Robert W. Matschullat For For Management 11 Elect Director John E. Pepper, Jr. For For Management 12 Elect Director Sheryl Sandberg For For Management 13 Elect Director Orin C. Smith For For Management 14 Ratify Auditors For For Management 15 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 16 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 17 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 18 Amend Articles of Incorporation to For For Management Delete Certain Tracking Stock Provisions 19 Amend Articles of Incorporation to For For Management Delete Classified Board Transition Provisions 20 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against Against Shareholder Officers' Compensation 21 Amend EEO Policy to Prohibit Against Against Shareholder Discrimination Based on Ex-Gay Status ================================== Ariel Fund ================================== ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Ticker: AXE Security ID: 035290105 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lord James Blyth For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Frederic F. Brace For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Robert J. Eck For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert W. Grubbs, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director F. Philip Handy For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Melvyn N. Klein For For Management 1.8 Elect Director George Munoz For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Stuart M. Sloan For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Matthew Zell For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Samuel Zell For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. Ticker: BIO Security ID: 090572207 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Louis Drapeau For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Albert J. Hillman For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK & DECKER CORP., THE Ticker: BDK Security ID: 091797100 Meeting Date: MAR 12, 2010 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: JAN 11, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRINK'S COMPANY, THE Ticker: BCO Security ID: 109696104 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paul G. Boynton For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Murray D. Martin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Ronald L. Turner For For Management 2 Amend Deferred Compensation Plan For For Management 3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC. Ticker: CBG Security ID: 12497T101 Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 9, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard C. Blum For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Curtis F. Feeny For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Bradford M. Freeman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael Kantor For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Frederic V. Malek For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jane J. Su For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Laura D. Tyson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Brett White For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Gary L. Wilson For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Ray Wirta For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION Ticker: CYN Security ID: 178566105 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 22, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Russell Goldsmith For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ronald L. Olson For For Management 1.3 Elect DirectorRobert H. Tuttle For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Declassify the Board of Directors Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. Ticker: STZ Security ID: 21036P108 Meeting Date: JUL 23, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 26, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Barry A. Fromberg For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jeananne K. Hauswald For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James A. Locke III For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Peter M. Perez For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Richard Sands For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Robert Sands For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Paul L. Smith For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Peter H. Soderberg For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Mark Zupan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION, THE Ticker: DNB Security ID: 26483E100 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 8, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director John W. Alden For For Management 2 Elect Director Christopher J. Coughlin For For Management 3 Elect Director Sara Mathew For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management 5 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. Ticker: ENR Security ID: 29266R108 Meeting Date: JAN 25, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: NOV 20, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director R. David Hoover For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John C. Hunter For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John E. Klein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John R. Roberts For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EQUIFAX INC. Ticker: EFX Security ID: 294429105 Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 2, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Robert D. Daleo For For Management 2 Elect Director Walter W. Driver, Jr. For For Management 3 Elect Director L. Phillip Humann For For Management 4 Elect Director Mark B. Templeton For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GANNETT CO., INC. Ticker: GCI Security ID: 364730101 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Craig A. Dubow For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Howard D. Elias For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Arthur H. Harper For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John Jeffry Louis For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Marjorie Magner For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Scott K. McCune For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Duncan M. McFarland For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Donna E. Shalala For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Neal Shapiro For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Karen Hastie Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Adopt Anti Gross-up Policy Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC. Ticker: HCC Security ID: 404132102 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Judy C. Bozeman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Frank J. Bramanti For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Walter M. Duer For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James C. Flagg For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Thomas M. Hamilton For For Management 1.6 Elect Director John N. Molbeck, Jr. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director James E. Oesterreicher For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Robert A. Rosholt For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Christopher JB Williams For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Scott W. Wise For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC. Ticker: HEW Security ID: 42822Q100 Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 2, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Judson C. Green For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael E. Greenlees For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Steven P. Stanbrook For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Stacey J. Mobley For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOSPIRA, INC. Ticker: HSP Security ID: 441060100 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Connie R. Curran For For Management 2 Elect Director Heino von Prondzynski For For Management 3 Elect Director Mark F. Wheeler For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDEX CORPORATION Ticker: IEX Security ID: 45167R104 Meeting Date: APR 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Neil A. Springer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ruby R. Chandy For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERFACE, INC. Ticker: IFSIA Security ID: 458665106 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Dianne Dillon-Ridgley For For Management 1.2 Elect Director June M. Henton For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Christopher G. Kennedy For For Management 1.4 Elect Director K. David Kohler For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Thomas R. Oliver For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Ticker: IGT Security ID: 459902102 Meeting Date: SEP 30, 2009 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: AUG 14, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Stock Option Exchange Program For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Ticker: IGT Security ID: 459902102 Meeting Date: MAR 2, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 4, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paget L. Alves For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Patti S. Hart For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert A. Mathewson For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Thomas J. Matthews For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert J. Miller For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Frederick B. Rentschler For For Management 1.7 Elect Director David E. Roberson For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Philip G. Satre For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC., THE Ticker: IPG Security ID: 460690100 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Reginald K. Brack For For Management 2 Elect Director Jocelyn Carter-Miller For For Management 3 Elect Director Jill M. Considine For For Management 4 Elect Director Richard A. Goldstein For For Management 5 Elect Director Mary J. Steele Guilfoile For For Management 6 Elect Director H. John Greeniaus For For Management 7 Elect Director William T. Kerr For For Management 8 Elect Director Michael I. Roth For For Management 9 Elect Director David M. Thomas For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management 11 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call Against Against Shareholder Special Meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. M. SMUCKER CO., THE Ticker: SJM Security ID: 832696405 Meeting Date: AUG 19, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 23, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Paul J. Dolan For For Management 2 Elect Director Nancy Lopez Knight For For Management 3 Elect Director Gary A. Oatey For For Management 4 Elect Director Alex Shumate For For Management 5 Elect Director Timothy P. Smucker For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 Eliminate Cumulative Voting For For Management 8 Adopt Majority Voting for Uncontested For For Management Election of Directors 9 Approve Board to Amend the Amendment For For Management Regulations to the Extent Permitted By Law -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JANUS CAPITAL GROUP INC. Ticker: JNS Security ID: 47102X105 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Richard M. Weil For For Management 2 Elect Director G. Andrew Cox For For Management 3 Elect Director Deborah R. Gatzek For For Management 4 Elect Director Robert T. Parry For For Management 5 Elect Director Jock Patton For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management 7 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JONES LANG LASALLE, INC. Ticker: JLL Security ID: 48020Q107 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Colin Dyer For For Management 2 Elect Director Darryl Hartley-Leonard For For Management 3 Elect Director DeAnne Julius For For Management 4 Elect Director Ming Lu For For Management 5 Elect Director Lauralee E. Martin For For Management 6 Elect Director Sheila A. Penrose For For Management 7 Elect Director David B. Rickard For For Management 8 Elect Director Roger T. Staubach For For Management 9 Elect Director Thomas C. Theobald For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management 11 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAZARD LTD Ticker: LAZ Security ID: G54050102 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 5, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Laurent Mignon as Director For For Management 1.2 Elect Gary W. Parr as Director For For Management 1.3 Elect Hal S. Scott as Director For For Management 2 Amend Bye-laws Re: Removal Procedure For For Management for Chairman and CEO 3 Approve Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKEL CORPORATION Ticker: MKL Security ID: 570535104 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 2, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Douglas C. Eby For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Stewart M. Kasen For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Alan I. Kirshner For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Lemuel E. Lewis For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Darrell D. Martin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Anthony F. Markel For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Steven A. Markel For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Jay M. Weinberg For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Debora J. Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEREDITH CORPORATION Ticker: MDP Security ID: 589433101 Meeting Date: NOV 4, 2009 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 10, 2009 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James R. Craigie For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William T. Kerr For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Frederick B. Henry For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. Ticker: MHK Security ID: 608190104 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 19, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Phyllis O. Bonanno For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David L. Kolb For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph A. Onorato For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. Christopher Wellborn For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. Ticker: NWL Security ID: 651229106 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Scott S. Cowen For For Management 2 Elect Director Cynthia A. Montgomery For For Management 3 Elect Director Michael B. Polk For For Management 4 Elect Director Michael A. Todman For For Management 5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 6 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORDSTROM, INC. Ticker: JWN Security ID: 655664100 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 12, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Phyllis J. Campbell For For Management 2 Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr. For For Management 3 Elect Director Robert G. Miller For For Management 4 Elect Director Blake W. Nordstrom For For Management 5 Elect Director Erik B. Nordstrom For For Management 6 Elect Director Peter E. Nordstrom For For Management 7 Elect Director Philip G. Satre For For Management 8 Elect Director Robert D. Walter For For Management 9 Elect Director Alison A. Winter For For Management 10 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 11 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIVATEBANCORP, INC. Ticker: PVTB Security ID: 742962103 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert F. Coleman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James M. Guyette For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Collin E. Roche For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William R. Rybak For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive For For Management Officers' Compensation 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. Ticker: RCL Security ID: V7780T103 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Reelect William L. Kimsey as Director For For Management 1.2 Reelect Gert W. Munthe as Director For For Management 1.3 Reelect Thomas J. Pritzker as Director For For Management 1.4 Reelect Bernt Reitan as Director For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors 4 Approve Executives and Directors to Against Against Shareholder Hold Equity Based Compensation for a Period Beyond Their Tenure -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOTHEBY'S Ticker: BID Security ID: 835898107 Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 11, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John M. Angelo For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael Blakenham For For Management 1.3 Elect Director The Duke Of Devonshire For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James Murdoch For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Allen Questrom For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William F. Ruprecht For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Michael I. Sovern For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Donald M. Stewart For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert S. Taubman For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Diana L. Taylor For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Dennis M. Weibling For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Robin G. Woodhead For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Restricted For For Management Stock Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. Ticker: SWK Security ID: 854502101 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 15, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Nolan D. Archibald For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John G. Breen For For Management 1.3 Elect Director George W. Buckley For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Virgis W. Colbert For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Manuel A. Fernandez For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Benjamin H. Griswold, IV For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Anthony Luiso For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John F. Lundgren For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Robert L. Ryan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIFFANY & CO. Ticker: TIF Security ID: 886547108 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2010 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2010 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Michael J. Kowalski For For Management 2 Elect Director Rose Marie Bravo For For Management 3 Elect Director Gary E. Costley For For Management 4 Elect Director Lawrence K. Fish For For Management 5 Elect Director Abby F. Kohnstamm For For Management 6 Elect Director Charles K. Marquis For For Management 7 Elect Director Peter W. May For For Management 8 Elect Director J. Thomas Presby For For Management 9 Elect Director William A. Shutzer For For Management 10 Ratify Auditors For For Management ========== END NPX REPORT SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. ARIEL INVESTMENT TRUST By: /s/ Mellody L. Hobson Mellody L. Hobson President and Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer Date: August 16, 2010