N-PX 1 europe.txt THE EUROPE FUND, INC. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act File Number 811-06042 Name of Fund: The Europe Fund, Inc. Fund Address: P.O. Box 9011 Princeton, NJ 08543-9011 Name and address of agent for service: Robert C. Doll, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, The Europe Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 282-2800 Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2005 Date of reporting period: 07/01/04 - 06/30/05 Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record The information contained herein discloses the following information for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which the registrant was entitled to vote: (a) The name of the issuer of the portfolio security; (b) The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security; (c) The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ("CUSIP") number for the portfolio security; (d) The shareholder meeting date; (e) A brief identification of the matter voted on; (f) Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder; (g) Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter; (h) How the registrant cast its vote; and (i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management. ******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT ******************************* ICA File Number: 811-06042 Reporting Period: 07/01/2004 - 06/30/2005 The Europe Fund, Inc. ============================ THE EUROPE FUND, INC. ============================= ABB LTD. Ticker: Security ID: H0010V101 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and Omission For Did Not Management of Dividends Vote 5.1 Reelect Roger Agnelli as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.2 Reelect Juergen Dormann as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.3 Reelect Louis Hughes as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.4 Reelect Hans Maerki as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.5 Reelect Michel de Rosen as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.6 Reelect Michael Treschow as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.7 Reelect Bernd Voss as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5.8 Reelect Jacob Wallenberg as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors; For Did Not Management Ratify OBT AG as Special Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCOR Ticker: Security ID: F00189120 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.30 per Share Vote 5 Reelect Renau d'Elissagaray as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 6 Reelect Franck Riboud as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 7 Elect Paul Dubrule as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 8 Elect Thomas J. Barrack as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 9 Elect Sebastien Bazin as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 10 Elect Dominique Marcel as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 11 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 305,000 Vote 12 Authorize Repurchase of Up to 19 Million For Did Not Management Shares Vote 13 Authorize Issuance of 116,279 Convertible For Did Not Management Bonds to ColLife SARL Vote 14 Authorize Issuance of 128,205 Convertible For Did Not Management Bonds to ColLife SARL Vote 15 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 16 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 200 Million 17 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 100 Million 18 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Capital for Future Vote Acquisitions 19 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Items 16 and 17 20 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 200 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 21 Set Global Limit for Capital Increase to For Did Not Management Result from All Issuance Requests at EUR Vote 300 Million 22 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 23 Authorize Up to Eight Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Restricted Stock Plan Vote 24 Amend Articles of Association to Reflect For Did Not Management Recent Legal Changes Vote 25 Amend Articles to Reduce Board Terms From For Did Not Management Six to Four Years Vote 26 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AHOLD KON NV Ticker: AHO Security ID: N0139V100 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 11, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2 Receive Report of Management Board None Did Not Management Vote 3a Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 3b Receive Explanation of Company's Reserves None Did Not Management and Dividend Policy (Non-Voting) Vote 4a Elect D. Doijer to Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 4b Elect M. Hart to Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 4c Elect B. Hoogendoorn to Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 4d Elect S. Shern to Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 5 Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 6a Grant Board Authority to Issue Common For Did Not Management Shares Up to 10 Percent of Issued Share Vote Capital (20 Percent in Connection with Merger or Acquisition) 6b Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive For Did Not Management Rights from Issuance Under Item 6a Vote 7 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 8 Other Business (Non-Voting) None Did Not Management Vote 9 Close Meeting None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALCATEL (FORMERLY ALCATEL ALSTHOM) Ticker: ALA Security ID: F0191J101 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and Omission For Did Not Management of Dividends Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Reelect David Johnson as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Reelect Pierre-Louis Lions as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Philippe Bissara as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Frank W. Blount as Director For Did Not Management Vote 9 Reelect Jean-Pierre Halbron as Director For Did Not Management Vote 10 Reelect Peter Mihatsch as Director For Did Not Management Vote 11 Reelect Thierry de Loppinot as Director For Did Not Management Vote 12 Reelect Bruno Vaillant as Director For Did Not Management Vote 13 Confirm Deloitte et Associes as Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 14 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 15 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 16 Amend Articles Re: Shareholding For Did Not Management Disclosure Requirement Vote 17 Amend Articles Re: Debt Issuances For Did Not Management Vote 18 Amend Articles Re: Retirement Age of For Did Not Management Board Members Vote 19 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 750 Million 20 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 750 Million 21 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts in Vote Items 19 and 20 22 Authorize Board to Set Issue Price for For Did Not Management Capital Increase of Up to Ten Percent Vote Without Preemptive Rights 23 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent for Future Acquisitions Vote 24 Set Global Limit for Capital Increase to For Did Not Management Result from All Issuance Requests at EUR Vote 750 Million 25 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 26 Authorize Up to One Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 27 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 28 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLIANZ AG (FORMERLY ALLIANZ HOLDING AG) Ticker: Security ID: D03080112 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None None Management Statutory Reports 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of EUR 1.75 per Share 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For For Management Fiscal 2004 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For For Management for Fiscal 2004 5 Elect Igor Landau, Dennis Snower, Franz For For Management Fehrenbach, and Franz Humer as Members of the Supervisory Board; Elect Albrecht Schaefer and Juergen Than as Alternate Members of the Supervisory Board 6 Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board For For Management Remuneration 7 Authorize Repurchase of up to Five For For Management Percent of Issued Share Capital for Trading Purposes 8 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For For Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares 9 Authorize Issuance of Investment For For Management Certificates up to Aggregate Nominal Value of EUR 25 Million -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRAZENECA PLC (FORMERLY ZENECA PLC) Ticker: ZEN Security ID: G0593M107 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Confirm First Interim Dividend of USD For For Management 0.295 Per Share and Confirm as Final Dividend the Second Interim Dividend of USD 0.645 Per Share 3 Reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors of For For Management the Company 4 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 5a Re-elect Louis Schweitzer as Director For For Management 5b Re-elect Hakan Mogren as Director For For Management 5c Re-elect Sir Tom McKillop as Director For For Management 5d Re-elect Jonathan Symonds as Director For For Management 5e Elect John Patterson as Director For For Management 5f Elect David Brennan as Director For For Management 5g Re-elect Sir Peter Bonfield as Director For For Management 5h Re-elect John Buchanan as Director For For Management 5i Re-elect Jane Henney as Director For For Management 5j Re-elect Michele Hooper as Director For For Management 5k Re-elect Joe Jimenez as Director For For Management 5l Re-elect Erna Moller as Director For For Management 5m Re-elect Dame Bridget Ogilvie as Director For For Management 5n Re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as Director For For Management 6 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 7 Approve AstraZeneca Performance Share For For Management Plan 8 Approve EU Political Donations and EU For For Management Political Expenditure up to USD 150,000 9 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 136,488,521 10 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 20,473,278 11 Authorise up to Ten Percent of the Issued For For Management Share Capital for Market Purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA (FORMERLY AXA-UAP) Ticker: AXA Security ID: F06106102 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.61 per Share Vote 4 Approve Accounting Transfer from Special For Did Not Management Long-Term Capital Gains Account to Vote Ordinary Reserve 5 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 6 Confirm Resignation and Non-Reelection of For Did Not Management Thierry Breton as Supervisory Board Vote Member 7 Reelect Anthony Hamilton as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 8 Reelect Henri Lachmann as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 9 Reelect Michel Pebereau as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 10 Ratify Appointment of Leo Apotheker as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 11 Elect Jacques de Chateauvieux as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 12 Elect Dominique Reiniche as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 13 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 1 Million Vote 14 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 15 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 1 Billion for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 16 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1.5 Billion 17 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1 Billion 18 Authorize Management Board to Set Issue For Did Not Management Price for Ten Percent of Issued Capital Vote Pursuant to Issue Authority without Preemptive Rights 19 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Submitted to Shareholder Vote Above 20 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to EUR 1 For Did Not Management Billion for Future Exchange Offers Vote 21 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Capital for Future Vote Exchange Offers 22 Authorize Issuance of Equity Upon For Did Not Management Conversion of a Subsidiary's Vote Equity-Linked Securities 23 Approve Issuance of Securities For Did Not Management Convertible into Debt Vote 24 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 25 Authorize Up to 0.5 Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 26 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 27 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 28 Amend Articles of Association Re: For Did Not Management Definition of Related-Party Transactions Vote 29 Amend Articles Re: Stock Option and For Did Not Management Restricted Stock Plans Vote 30 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAE SYSTEMS PLC(FRM.BRITISH AEROSPACE PLC ) Ticker: Security ID: G06940103 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Acquisition of United Defense For Did Not Management Industries, Inc. Vote 2 Amend Company's Borrowing Limits For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAE SYSTEMS PLC(FRM.BRITISH AEROSPACE PLC ) Ticker: Security ID: G06940103 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Remuneration Report For Did Not Management Vote 3 Approve Final Dividend of 5.8 Pence Per For Did Not Management Ordinary Share Vote 4 Re-elect Sir Peter Mason as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5 Re-elect Mark Ronald as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Re-elect Michael Turner as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Elect Richard Olver as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors of For Did Not Management the Company Vote 9 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For Did Not Management the Auditors Vote 10 Approve Increase in Authorised Capital For Did Not Management from GBP 165,000,001 to GBP 180,000,001 Vote 11 Authorise Issue of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 15,989,518 if Resolution 10 is Not Passed; Otherwise up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 26,750,818 12 Authorise the Company to Make EU For Did Not Management Political Donations and Incur EU Vote Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 13 Authorise BAE Systems (Defence Systems) For Did Not Management Ltd. to Make EU Political Donations and Vote Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 14 Authorise BAE Systems Electronics Ltd. to For Did Not Management Make EU Political Donations and Incur EU Vote Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 15 Authorise BAE Systems Marine Ltd. to Make For Did Not Management EU Political Donations and Incur EU Vote Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 16 Authorise BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd. For Did Not Management to Make EU Political Donations and Incur Vote EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 17 Authorise BAE Systems Land Systems For Did Not Management (Bridging) Ltd. to Make EU Political Vote Donations and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 18 Authorise BAE Systems Land Systems For Did Not Management (Munitions and Ordnance) Ltd. to Make EU Vote Political Donations and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 19 Authorise BAE Systems Land Systems For Did Not Management (Weapons and Vehicles) Ltd. to Make EU Vote Political Donations and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 20 Authorise Land Systems Hagglunds AB to For Did Not Management Make EU Political Donations and Incur EU Vote Political Expenditure up to GBP 100,000 21 Authorise Issue of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 4,013,024 22 Authorise 321,041,924 Ordinary Shares for For Did Not Management Market Purchase Vote 23 Amend Articles of Association Re: For Did Not Management Indemnification of Directors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA Ticker: AGR Security ID: E11805103 Meeting Date: JUN 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Authorize EUR 260.3 Million Increase in For Against Management Capital Through the Issuance of 531.1 Million New Ordinary Shares without Preemptive Rights Re: Share Exchange Resulting from Tender Offer for Shares of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro; Amend Article 5 Accordingly 2 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For For Management Approved Resolutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARCLAYS PLC Ticker: MVCI Security ID: G08036124 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Richard Clifford as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Matthew Barrett as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect John Varley as Director For For Management 7 Re-elect David Arculus as Director For For Management 8 Re-elect Sir Nigel Rudd as Director For For Management 9 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 10 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 11 Approve Barclays PLC Performance Share For For Management Plan 12 Authorise the Directors to Establish For For Management Supplements or Appendices to the Performance Share Plan 13 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 538,163,237 14 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 80,724,485 15 Authorise 968,600,000 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAYERISCHE HYPO- UND VEREINSBANK AG Ticker: Security ID: D08064103 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4a Elect Max Dietrich Kley to the For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Vote 4b Elect Gerhard Randa to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 4c Elect Diether Muenich as Alternate Member For Did Not Management to the Supervisory Board Vote 5 Authorize Repurchase of up to Five For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Share Capital for Vote Trading Purposes 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 7 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings due Vote to Pending Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits) 8 Amend Articles Re: Time Designation at For Did Not Management Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Vote Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits Regulation) 9 Amend Corporate Purpose For Did Not Management Vote 10 Approve Affiliation Agreements with For Did Not Management Subsidiaries Vote 11 Approve Affiliation Agreements with For Did Not Management Subsidiaries Vote 12 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For Did Not Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG (BMW) Ticker: Security ID: D12096109 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.62 per Common Share Vote and EUR 0.64 per Preferred Share 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal 2004 Vote 5 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For Did Not Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft as Auditors Vote 6 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings due Vote to Pending Changes in German Law (Law on Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits) 7 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BG GROUP PLC (FRM. BG PLC) Ticker: Security ID: G1245Z108 Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Approve Final Dividend of 2.08 Pence Per For For Management Ordinary Share 4 Elect Baroness Hogg as Director For For Management 5 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 6 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 7 Approve EU Political Donations up to GBP For For Management 25,000 and EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 25,000 8 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 123,368,432 9 Approve Increase in Remuneration of For For Management Non-Executive Directors to GBP 1,000,000 10 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 17,692,165 11 Authorise 353,843,302 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 12 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Indemnities and Defence Funding 13 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Treasury Shares and CREST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTS GROUP PLC(FORMERLY BOOTS CO. PLC) Ticker: Security ID: G12517101 Meeting Date: JUL 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Approve Final Dividend of 21 Pence Per For For Management Ordinary Share 4 Re-elect Helene Ploix as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Martin Read as Director For For Management 6 Elect Richard Baker as Director For For Management 7 Elect Guy Dawson as Director For For Management 8 Elect Tim Parker as Director For For Management 9 Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors of For For Management the Company 10 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 11 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 64,000,000 12 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 9,600,000 13 Authorise 76,876,000 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BP PLC (FORM. BP AMOCO PLC ) Ticker: BP. Security ID: G12793181 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Re-elect David Allen as Director For For Management 2 Re-elect Lord Browne of Madingley as For For Management Director 3 Re-elect John Bryan as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Antony Burgmans as Director For For Management 5 Elect Iain Conn as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Erroll Davis, Jr. as Director For For Management 7 Elect Douglas Flint as Director For For Management 8 Re-elect Byron Grote as Director For For Management 9 Re-elect Tony Hayward as Director For For Management 10 Re-elect DeAnne Julius as Director For For Management 11 Elect Sir Tom McKillop as Director For For Management 12 Re-elect John Manzoni as Director For For Management 13 Re-elect Walter Massey as Director For For Management 14 Re-elect Michael Miles as Director For For Management 15 Re-elect Sir Ian Prosser as Director For For Management 16 Re-elect Michael Wilson as Director For For Management 17 Re-elect Peter Sutherland as Director For For Management 18 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Management and Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration 19 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 1,770 Million 20 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 256 Million 21 Authorise 2.1 Billion Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 22 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 23 Approve Share Incentive Plan For For Management 24 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABLE & WIRELESS PLC Ticker: CWP Security ID: G17416127 Meeting Date: JUL 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Elect Charles Herlinger as Director For For Management 4 Elect Lord Robertson as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Richard Lapthorne as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Graham Howe as Director For For Management 7 Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors of For For Management the Company 8 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 9 Amend The Cable & Wireless Incentive Plan For For Management 2001 10 Amend The Cable & Wireless Deferred Short For For Management Term Incentive Plan 11 Authorise the Directors to Operate The For For Management Cable & Wireless Incentive Plan 2001 12 Authorise the Company to Make EU For For Management Political Donations up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 200,000 and to Incur Political Expenditure up to GBP 200,000 13 Authorise 357 Million Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 14 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Dividends 15 Approve Scrip Dividend For For Management 16 Approve Final Dividend of 3.15 Pence Per For For Management Ordinary Share -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAP GEMINI SA Ticker: Security ID: F13587120 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Discharge Directors Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.40 per Share Vote 5 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 6 Appoint Daniel Bernard as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Appoint Thierry de Montbrial as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Appoint Marcel Roulet as Censor For Did Not Management Vote 9 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 10 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 1.5 Billion for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 11 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 450 Million 12 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 300 Million 13 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Items 11 and 12 14 Authorize Capital Increase for Future For Did Not Management Exchange Offers and Acquisitions Vote 15 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 16 Authorize Up to 2 Million Shares for Use For Did Not Management in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 17 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 18 Set Global Limit for Capital Increase to For Did Not Management Result from All Issuance Requests at EUR Vote 450 Million 19 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPITALIA SPA (FORMERLY BANCA DI ROMA ) Ticker: Security ID: T2432A100 Meeting Date: MAR 31, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: MAR 25, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 3 Approve Directors', Internal Auditors', For Did Not Management and Managers' Indemnification/Liability Vote Provisions 4 Authorize Capital Increase in the Maximum For Did Not Management Nominal Amount of EUR 22 Million Through Vote The Issuance of an Equal Number of Ordinary Shares Pursuant To the Conversion of Non-Transferrable Warrants on a 1:1 Ratio Granted to Company Employees 5 Authorize Capital Increase Through For Did Not Management Allocation of Income in the Maximum Vote Nominal Amount of EUR 10.0 Million Through the Issuance of a New Special Category of Shares to Be Assigned to Company Employees -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARNIVAL PLC (FORMERLY P & O PRINCESS CRUISES PLC) Ticker: POC Security ID: G19081101 Meeting Date: APR 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Re-elect Micky Arison as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 2 Re-elect Richard Capen Jr. as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 3 Re-elect Robert Dickinson as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 4 Re-elect Arnold Donald as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 5 Re-elect Pier Luigi Foschi as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 6 Re-elect Howard Frank as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 7 Elect Richard Glasier as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 8 Re-elect Baroness Hogg as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 9 Re-elect Kirk Lanterman as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 10 Re-elect Modesto Maidique as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 11 Re-elect John McNulty as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 12 Re-elect Sir John Parker as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 13 Re-elect Peter Ratcliffe as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 14 Re-elect Stuart Subotnick as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 15 Re-elect Uzi Zucker as Director of For For Management Carnival Corporation and as a Director of Carnival plc 16 Amend Carnival Corporation 2001 Outside For For Management Director Stock Plan 17 Approve Carnival plc 2005 Employee Share For For Management Plan 18 Approve Carnival plc 2005 Employee Stock For For Management Purchase Plan 19 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 20 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 21 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 22 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 23 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 22,715,147 24 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 17,614,229 25 Authorise 10,610,900 Shares for Market For For Management Purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARREFOUR S.A. Ticker: Security ID: F13923119 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Discharge Directors Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Merger by Absorption of Paroma For Did Not Management Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.94 per Share Vote 5 Ratify Jose-Luis Duran as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Adopt Two-Tiered Board Structure and For Did Not Management Amend Articles Accordingly Vote 7 Adopt New Articles of Asscociation For Did Not Management Pursuant to Legal Changes Vote 8 Elect Luc Vandevelde as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 9 Elect COMET BV as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 10 Elect Carlos March as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 11 Elect Jose-Luis Leal Maldonado as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 12 Elect Rene Abate as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 13 Elect Rene Brillet as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 14 Elect Amaury de Seze as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 15 Elect Anne-Claire Taittinger Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 16 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 610,000 Vote 17 Retroactively Confirm Name Change of For Did Not Management Company Auditors to Deloitte & Associes Vote 18 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Three For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Share Capital Vote 19 Approve Restricted Stock Grants to For Did Not Management Employees and Officers Vote 20 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 21 Transfer Authority to Grant Stock Options For Did Not Management to Management Board Pursuant to Adoption Vote of Two-Tiered Board Structure -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMERZBANK AG Ticker: CRZBY Security ID: D15642107 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.25 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal 2004 Vote 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as For Did Not Management Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Vote 6 Authorize Repurchase of up to Five For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Share Capital for Vote Trading Purposes 7 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 8 Approve Issuance of Convertible Bonds For Did Not Management and/or Bonds with Warrants Attached up to Vote Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1.5 Billion with Preemptive Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 403 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights 9 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings due Vote to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits Regulation) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDIT AGRICOLE SA Ticker: Security ID: F22797108 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Accounting Transfers From For Did Not Management Long-Term Capital Gains Account to Vote Ordinary Reserve 2 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Discharge Directors Vote 3 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.66 per Share Vote 5 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 6 Elect Alain David as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Elect Philippe Camus as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Rene Caron as Director For Did Not Management Vote 9 Reelect Alain Dieval as Director For Did Not Management Vote 10 Reelect Daniel Lebegue as Director For Did Not Management Vote 11 Reelect Michel Michaud as Director For Did Not Management Vote 12 Reelect Jean-Claude Pichon as Director For Did Not Management Vote 13 Reelect Xavier Fontanet as Director For Did Not Management Vote 14 Reelect Corrado Passera as Director For Did Not Management Vote 15 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 670,000 Vote 16 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 17 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 2 Billion 18 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 900 Million 19 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 3 Billion for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 20 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 21 Approve Capital Increase of Up to EUR 40 For Did Not Management Million Reserved to Credit Agricole Vote International Employees for Use in Stock Purchase Plan 22 Approve Capital Increase of EUR 40 For Did Not Management Million for Use in Stock Purchase Plan Vote for US Employees 23 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 24 Amend Article to Increase Minimum For Did Not Management Shareholding Disclosure Threshold from Vote 0.5 Percent to 1 Percent 25 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDIT SUISSE GROUP (FORMERLY CS HOLDING) Ticker: CSR Security ID: H3698D419 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 1.50 per Share Vote 4 Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 5.1 Reelect Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Thomas For Did Not Management Bechtler, Robert Benmosche and Ernst Vote Tanner as Directors; Elect Jean Lanier and Anton van Rossum as Directors 5.2 Ratify KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick For Did Not Management Goerdeler SA as Auditors Vote 5.3 Ratify BDO Visura as Special Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 6 Extend Authorization Term for Creation of For Did Not Management CHF 22.7 Million Conditional Capital Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHE BOERSE AG Ticker: Security ID: D1882G119 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 18, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None None Management Statutory Reports 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of EUR 0.70 per Share 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Against Management Fiscal 2004 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Against Management for Fiscal 2004 5 Approve Creation of EUR 35.5 Million Pool For Against Management of Conditional Capital without Preemptive Rights 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For For Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares 7 Amend Articles Re: Remuneration of For Abstain Management Supervisory Board Members 8 Amend Articles Re: Allow Variable Terms For Abstain Management for Supervisory Board Members 9 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For For Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft as Auditors for Fiscal 2005 10 Remove Rolf Breuer From the Supervisory Against Abstain Shareholder Board -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHE POST AG Ticker: Security ID: D19225107 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 11, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.50 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal 2004 Vote 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as For Did Not Management Auditors for Fiscal 2005 Vote 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 7 Approve Creation of EUR 250 Million Pool For Did Not Management of Conditional Capital without Preemptive Vote Rights 8a Elect Gerd Ehlers to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 8b Elect Roland Oetker to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 8c Elect Hans Reich to the Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 8d Elect Juergen Weber to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHE POSTBANK AG Ticker: Security ID: D1922R109 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 12, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.25 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as For Did Not Management Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Vote 6 Elect Joerg Asmussen to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 7 Authorize Repurchase of up to Five For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Share Capital for Vote Trading Purposes 8 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG Ticker: DT Security ID: D2035M136 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 19, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.62 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as For Did Not Management Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Vote 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 7 Elect Volker Halsch to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 8 Elect Wolfgang Reitzle to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 9 Authorize Issuance of Convertible Bonds For Did Not Management without Preemptive Rights up to Sum of Vote EUR 5 Billion; Approve Creation of EUR 600 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive Rights to Guarantee Conversion Rights 10 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (MagyarCom Holding GmbH) Vote 11 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (DeTeFleetServices GmbH) Vote 12 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (DFMG Holding GmbH) Vote 13 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (DeTe Immobilien, Deutsche Vote Telekom Immobilien und Service GmbH) 14 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (DeTeAssukuranz-Deutsche Vote Telekom Assekuranz-Vermittlungsgesellschaft mbH) 15 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (T-Punkt Vertriebsgesellschaft Vote mbH) 16 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (Deutsche Telekom Training Vote GmbH) 17 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (T-Systems International GmbH) Vote 18 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (DeTeMedien, Deutsche Telekom Vote Medien GmbH) 19 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (Carmen Vote Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH) 20 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (Norma Vote Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH) 21 Approve Affiliation Agreement with For Did Not Management Subsidiary (Traviata Vote Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH) 22 Approve Profit and Loss Transfer For Did Not Management Agreement with Subsidiary (MagyarCom Vote Holding GmbH) 23 Amend Articles Re: Time Designation at For Did Not Management Shareholder Meetings due to Proposed Vote Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits Regulation) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E.ON AG (FORMERLY VEBA AG) Ticker: Security ID: D24909109 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 2.35 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Approve Creation of EUR 540 Million Pool For Did Not Management of Conditional Capital with Preemptive Vote Rights 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 7 Approve Affiliation Agreements with For Did Not Management Subsidiaries Vote 8 Amend Articles Re: Changes to the For Did Not Management Remuneration of the Supervisory Board Vote Members 9 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings due Vote to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits Regulation) 10 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as For Did Not Management Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EIFFAGE Ticker: Security ID: F2924U106 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Discharge Directors Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.50 per Share Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Ratify Bernard Paulet as Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 6 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 120 Million for 1-for-2 Bonus Vote Issue 7 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 8 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 200 Million 9 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 200 Million 10 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Issuance Authority Above 11 Set Global Limit for Capital Increases at For Did Not Management EUR 200 Million, or EUR 300 Million Vote Subject to Approval of Item 6 12 Authorize Use of Up to 250,000 Shares, For Did Not Management 375,000 Shares Subject to Approval of Vote Item 6, for Use in Restricted Stock Plan 13 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 14 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 15 Grant Board of Directors Authority to For Did Not Management Issue Debt Instruments; Cancel Article 16 Vote 16 Reelect Amaury-Daniel de Seze as Director For Did Not Management Vote 17 Reelect Bruno Flichy as Director For Did Not Management Vote 18 Reelect Bernard Vadon as Director For Did Not Management Vote 19 Reelect Veronique Morali as Director For Did Not Management Vote 20 Reelect Jean-Paul Vettier as Director For Did Not Management Vote 21 Reelect Jean-Francois Roverato as For Did Not Management Director Vote 22 Reelect Jean-Jacques Lefebvre as Director For Did Not Management Vote 23 Reelect Jean-Marie Fabre as Director For Did Not Management Vote 24 Reelect Serge Michel as Director For Did Not Management Vote 25 Reelect Aimery Langlois-Meurinne as For Did Not Management Director Vote 26 Reelect Dominique Megret as Director For Did Not Management Vote 27 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 350,000 Vote 28 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENI SPA Ticker: E Security ID: T3643A145 Meeting Date: MAY 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 24, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements, Consolidated For Did Not Management Accounts, and Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income For Did Not Management Vote 3 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For Did Not Management Vote 4 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased For Did Not Management Shares To Service Stock Option Plan in Vote Favor of Group Management 5 Fix Number of Directors For Did Not Management Vote 6 Set Directors' Term of Office For Did Not Management Vote 7.1 Elect Directors - Slate 1 Submitted by None Did Not Management the Ministry of Economy and Finance Vote 7.2 Elect Directors - Slate 2 Submitted by a None Did Not Management Group of Institutional Investors Vote (Minority Slate) 8 Elect Chairman of the board of Directors For Did Not Management Vote 9 Approve Remuneration of Chairman of the For Did Not Management Board and of Directors Vote 10.1 Elect Internal Statutory Auditors - Slate None Did Not Management 1 Submitted by the Ministry of Economy Vote and Finance 10.2 Elect Internal Statutory Auditors - Slate None Did Not Management 1 Submitted by a Group of Institutional Vote Investors (Minority Slate) 11 Appoint Chairman of the Internal For Did Not Management Statutory Auditors' Board Vote 12 Approve Remuneration of Chairman of For Did Not Management Internal Statutory Auditors' Board and of Vote Primary Internal Statutory Auditors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERICSSON (TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON) Ticker: ERICZ Security ID: W26049119 Meeting Date: APR 6, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Chairman of Meeting For For Management 2 Prepare and Approve List of Shareholders For For Management 3 Approve Agenda of Meeting For For Management 4 Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For For Management 5 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For For Management Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting 6.1 Receive Financial Statements and None None Management Statutory Reports 6.2 Receive Board and Committee Reports None None Management 6.3 Receive President's Report; Allow None None Management Questions 6.4 Receive Presentation of Audit Work in None None Management 2004 7.1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 7.2 Approve Discharge of Board and President For For Management 7.3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of SEK 0.25 Per Share 8 Determine Number of Members (9) and For For Management Deputy Members (0) of Board 9 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For For Management Amount of SEK 3 Million for Chairman and SEK 600,000 for Other Directors; Approve Remuneration of Committee Members 10 Reelect Michael Treschow, Arne For For Management Maartensson, Marcus Wallenberg, Peter Bonfield, Sverker Martin-Loef, Nancy McKinstry, Eckhard Pfeiffer, and Carl-Henrik Svanberg as Directors; Election Ulf Johansson as New Director 11 Approve Remuneration of Auditors For For Management 12 Elect Bjoern Svedberg, Bengt Belfrage, For For Management Christer Elmehagen, Michael Treschow, and Curt Kaellstroemer as Members of Nominating Committee 13.1 Approve Implementation of 2005 Long-Term For Against Management Incentive Plan 13.2 Authorize Reissuance of 39.3 Million For Against Management Repurchased Class B Shares for 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan for Key Employees 14 Authorize Reissuance of 60 Million For For Management Repurchased Class B Shares in Connection with 2001 Global Stock Incentive Program, 2003 Stock Purchase Plan, and 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan 15 Close Meeting None None Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERICSSON (TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON) Ticker: ERIAF Security ID: W26049119 Meeting Date: AUG 31, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: AUG 20, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Chairman of Meeting For For Management 2 Prepare and Approve List of Shareholders For For Management 3 Approve Agenda of Meeting For For Management 4 Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For For Management 5 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For For Management Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting 6 Approve Increase in Voting Rights Per For For Management Class B Share From 1/1000 to 1/10 of a Vote; Approve Issuance of Conversion Rights to Class A Shareholders (Each Conversion Right Entitles Holder to Convert One Class B Share into One Class A Share) 7 Shareholder Proposal: Provide All Shares Against Against Shareholder with Equal Voting Rights with Compensation to Class A Shareholders in the Form of Class B Shares 8 Close Meeting None None Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL Ticker: Security ID: F31668100 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Discharge Directors Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Discharge Directors Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.76 per Share Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Reelect Philippe Alfroid as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Reelect Alain Aspect as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Jean-Pierre Martin as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Bertrand Roy as Director For Did Not Management Vote 9 Elect Dominique Reiniche as Director For Did Not Management Vote 10 Elect Michel Rose as Director For Did Not Management Vote 11 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 225,000 Vote 12 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 13 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote 14 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 15 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 16 Approve of Up to One Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 17 Set Global Limit for Stock Option and For Did Not Management Restricted Plan at Three Percent of Vote Issued Capital 18 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 25 Million 19 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 7 Million 20 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Items 18 and 19 21 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 300 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 22 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 23 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EURONEXT Ticker: Security ID: N3113K108 Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 27, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2 Appoint Secretary for Meeting For Did Not Management Vote 3a Receive Report of Management Board None Did Not Management Vote 3b Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 3ci Receive Report on Dividend and Reserves None Did Not Management Policy Vote 3cii Approve Dividend of EUR 0.60 Per Share For Did Not Management Vote 4a Approve Discharge of Management Board For Did Not Management Vote 4b Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 5 Reappoint Ernst & Young Accountants and For Did Not Management KPMG Accountants N.V. as Auditors Vote 6 Approve Company's Corporate Governance For Did Not Management Structure and Policy Vote 7 Discussion on Supervisory Board Profile None Did Not Management Vote 8 Notification of Intended Appointment of None Did Not Management Miguel Athayde Marques to Management Vote Board 9 Approve Remuneration Report Containing For Did Not Management Remuneration Policy for Management Board Vote Members 10 Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 11a Approve Executive Incentive Plan For Did Not Management (Approved with Item 11b) Vote 11b Approve Award of 400,000 Shares to Key For Did Not Management Executives and Members of Management Vote Board for 2005 (Approved with Item 11a) 11c Approve Awards of Shares to Individual For Did Not Management Members of Management Board for 2005 Vote 12a Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 12b Approve Reduction in Issued Share Capital For Did Not Management by Ten Percent via Cancellation of Vote Repurchased Shares 12c Grant Board Authority to Issue Authorized For Did Not Management Yet Unissued Shares Up to One-Third of Vote Issued Share Capital 12d Authorize Board to Exclude Preemptive For Did Not Management Rights from Issuance Under Item 12c Vote 13 Amend Articles to Reflect Recommendations For Did Not Management of Dutch Corporate Governance Code and Vote Amendments to Book 2 of Dutch Civil Code on Two-tiered Company Regime 14 Other Business (Non-Voting) None Did Not Management Vote 15 Close Meeting None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPRO INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC Ticker: Security ID: G8795D106 Meeting Date: FEB 23, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Cancellation of GBP 61,649,000 For For Management from Share Premium Account and GBP 21,143 from the Capital Redemption Reserve -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPRO INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC Ticker: Security ID: G8795D106 Meeting Date: JUL 7, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Approve Final Dividend of 7.1 Pence Per For For Management Ordinary Share 4 Re-elect Chris Fay as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Graeme Coutts as Director For For Management 6 Elect Michael Speakman as Director For For Management 7 Elect Tim Eggar as Director For For Management 8 Elect Terry Lazenby as Director For For Management 9 Re-appoint Deloitte and Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 10 Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix For For Management Remuneration of the Auditors 11 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 1,485,338 12 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 330,733 13 Authorise 6,614,661 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORTIS SA/NV Ticker: Security ID: B4399L102 Meeting Date: OCT 11, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2 Elect Jean-Paul Votron to Board of For Did Not Management Directors Vote 3.1 Approve Remuneration Report For Did Not Management Vote 3.2 Approve Stock Option Plan and Restricted For Did Not Management Share Plan for Executive Members of the Vote Board 4 Close Meeting None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCE TELECOM SA Ticker: Security ID: F4113C103 Meeting Date: APR 22, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Discharge Directors Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.48 per Share Vote 4 Approve Accounting Transfers From For Did Not Management Long-Term Capital Gains Account to Vote Ordinary Reserve 5 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 6 Elect Didier Lombard as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Didier Lombard as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Marcel Roulet as Director For Did Not Management Vote 9 Reelect Stephane Richard as Director For Did Not Management Vote 10 Reelect Arnaud Lagardere as Director For Did Not Management Vote 11 Reelect Henri Martre as Director For Did Not Management Vote 12 Reelect Bernard Dufau as Director For Did Not Management Vote 13 Reelect Jean Simonin as Director For Did Not Management Vote 14 Elect Jean-Yves Bassuel as Representative None Did Not Management of Employee Shareholders to the Board Vote 15 Elect Bernard Gingreau as Representative None Did Not Management of Employee Shareholders to the Board Vote 16 Elect Stephane Tierce as Representative None Did Not Management of Employee Shareholders to the Board Vote 17 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 500,000 Vote 18 Confirm Name Change of Auditor to For Did Not Management Deloitte & Associes Vote 19 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 20 Cancel Outstanding Authority to Issue For Did Not Management Bonds/Debentures Vote 21 Amend Articles to Reflect August 2003 and For Did Not Management June 2004 Regulations Vote 22 Amend Articles to Reflect the For Did Not Management Privatization of the Company Vote 23 Amend Articles to Set Retirement Age of For Did Not Management Chairman, CEO, and Other Executive Vote Directors 24 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 4 Billion 25 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 4 Billion 26 Authorize Board to Set Issue Price for For Did Not Management Ten Percent of Issued Capital Pursuant to Vote Issue Authority without Preemptive Rights 27 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Items 24 and 25 28 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to EUR 4 For Did Not Management Billion for Future Exchange Offers Vote 29 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Capital for Future Vote Acquisitions 30 Authorize Issuance of Equity Upon For Did Not Management Conversion of a Subsidiary's Vote Equity-Linked Securities 31 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to EUR For Did Not Management 400 Million to Participants of Orange Vote S.A. Stock Option Plan in Connection with France Telecom Liquidity Agreement 32 Approve Restricted Stock Plan for Orange For Did Not Management S.A. Option Holders Vote 33 Set Global Limit for Capital Increase to For Did Not Management Result from All Issuance Requests at EUR Vote 8 Billion 34 Approve Issuance of Securities For Did Not Management Convertible into Debt Vote 35 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 2 Billion for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 36 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 37 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 38 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCE TELECOM SA Ticker: Security ID: F4113C103 Meeting Date: SEP 1, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger by Absorption of Wholly For Did Not Management Owned Subsidiary Wanadoo; Approve Vote Accounting Treatment of Merger 2 Authorize Assumption of 27.38 Million For Did Not Management Non-Exercised Wanadoo Stock Options Vote 3 Approve Dissolution of Wanadoo Without For Did Not Management Liquidation Vote 4 Authorize Board to Issue Up to 100 For Did Not Management Million Shares to Signatories of Vote Liquidity Agreement Pursuant to Conversion of Orange SA Stock Options 5 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 6 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 7 Amend Terms of Share Repurchase of Up to For Did Not Management Ten Percent of Issued Capital Submitted Vote to Shareholder Vote at April 9, 2004, Shareholder Meeting 8 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRESENIUS AG Ticker: Security ID: D27348107 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.35 per Common Share Vote and EUR 1.38 per Preference Share 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal 2004 Vote 5 Amend 1999 Profit and Loss Transfer For Did Not Management Agreement with Fresenius ProServe GmbH Vote 6 Elect Gerhard Rupprecht to the For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Vote 7 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For Did Not Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as Auditors for Vote Fiscal 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (FORMERLY GLAXO WELLCOME PLC ) Ticker: GSK Security ID: G3910J112 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Elect Sir Christopher Gent as Director For For Management 4 Elect Sir Deryck Maughan as Director For For Management 5 Elect Julian Heslop as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Jean-Pierre Garnier as Director For For Management 7 Re-elect Sir Ian Prosser as Director For For Management 8 Re-elect Ronaldo Schmitz as Director For For Management 9 Re-elect Lucy Shapiro as Director For For Management 10 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 11 Authorise the Audit Committee to Fix For For Management Remuneration of the Auditors 12 Approve EU Political Donations up to GBP For For Management 50,000 and Incur EU Political Expenditure up to GBP 50,000 13 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 73,301,955 14 Authorise 586,415,642 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 15 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Shareholder Resolutions 16 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Indemnification of Directors 17 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Participation of a Proxy in a Meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HERMES INTERNATIONAL Ticker: Security ID: F48051100 Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Management For Did Not Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 2 per Share Vote 4 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 5 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 6 Reelect Jerome Guerrand as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 7 Reelect Maurice de Kervenoael as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 8 Reelect Ernest-Antoine Seilliere as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 9 Elect Julie Guerrand as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 10 Elect Agnes Harth as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 11 Elect Frederic Dumas as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 12 Elect Renaud Mommeja as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 13 Elect Jean-Claude Rouzaud as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 14 Elect Eric de Seynes as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 15 Approve Remuneration of Directors For Did Not Management Vote 16 Ratify Deloitte & Associes as Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 17 Ratify Didier Kling et Assoices as For Did Not Management Auditor Vote 18 Ratify Societe Beas as Alternate Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 19 Ratify Gerard Noel as Alternate Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 20 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 21 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote 22 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 23 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 5.6 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 24 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 5.6 Million 25 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 5.6 Million 26 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 27 Authorize Up to Two Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 28 Amend Articles of Association Re: For Did Not Management Managing Partner Vote 29 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC Ticker: Security ID: G4634U169 Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2.a Re-elect Sir John Bond as Director For For Management 2.b Re-elect R Ch'ien as Director For For Management 2.c Re-elect J Coombe as Director For For Management 2.d Re-elect Baroness Dunn as Director For For Management 2.e Re-elect D Flint as Director For For Management 2.f Re-elect J Hughes-Hallet as Director For For Management 2.g Re-elect Sir Brian Moffat as Director For For Management 2.h Re-elect S Newton as Director For For Management 2.i Re-elect H Sohmen as Director For For Management 3 Reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors and For For Management Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration 4 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 5 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 100,000 (Preference Shares); USD 100,000 (Preference Shares); EUR 100,000 (Preference Shares); and USD 1,119,000,000 (Oridnary Shares) 6 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 279,750,000 7 Authorise 1,119,000,000 Ordinary Shares For For Management for Market Purchase 8 Amend HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share For For Management Option Plan 9 Amend HSBC Holdings Savings-Related Share For For Management Option Plan: International 10 Approve the HSBC US Employee Stock Plan For For Management 11 Approve the HSBC Share Plan For For Management 12 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Statutory and Best Practice Changes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ING GROEP NV Ticker: ING Security ID: N4578E413 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 19, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2a Receive Reports of Executive and None Did Not Management Supervisory Boards Vote 2b Discussion on Profit Retention and None Did Not Management Distribution Policy Vote 3a Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 3b Approve Allocation of Income and Total For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.07 Per Share Vote 4a Approve Discharge of Executive Board For Did Not Management Vote 4b Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 5a Discuss and Approve Implementation of For Did Not Management Dutch Corporate Governance Code by Vote Company 5b Discuss Executive Board Profile None Did Not Management Vote 5c Discuss Supervisory Board Profile None Did Not Management Vote 6a Reelect Luella Gross Goldberg to For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Vote 6b Reelect Godfried van der Lugt to For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Vote 6c Elect Jan Hommen to Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 6d Elect Christine Lagarde to Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 7 Approve Stock Option and Incentive Stock For Did Not Management Grants for Members of Executive Board Vote 8a Grant Board Authority to Issue 220 For Did Not Management Million Ordinary Shares Vote Restricting/Excluding Preemptive Rights (Plus 220 Million Ordinary Shares in Connection with Merger) 8b Grant Board Authority to Issue 10 Million For Did Not Management Preference B Shares in Connection with Vote Conversion of ING Perpetuals III 9 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 10 Other Business (Non-Voting) None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INNOVATION GROUP PLC (THE) Ticker: Security ID: G47832103 Meeting Date: MAR 24, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Re-elect Eric Wadsworth as Director For For Management 3 Re-elect Hassan Saadi Sadiq as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Stephen Scott as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Paul Smolinski as Director For For Management 6 Reappoint Ernst & Young as Auditors and For For Management Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration 7 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 2,923,732.40 8 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 438,559.86 9 Authorise 21,927,993 Shares for Market For For Management Purchase 10 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISOFT GROUP PLC Ticker: Security ID: G4960U106 Meeting Date: JUL 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Final Dividend of 1.7 Pence Per For For Management Ordinary Share 3a Re-elect Patrick Cryne as Director For For Management 3b Re-elect Tim Whiston as Director For For Management 3c Re-elect Eurfyl ap Gwilym as Director For For Management 3d Re-elect Rene Kern as Director For For Management 4a Elect John Whelan as Director For For Management 4b Elect Mark Woodbridge as Director For For Management 4c Elect David Thorpe as Director For For Management 4d Elect Colin Wall as Director For For Management 5 Re-appoint RSM Robson Rhodes as Auditors For For Management and Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors 6 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 7 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 752,123.98 8 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 112,829.88 9 Authorise 22,565,976 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 10 Approve Increase in Aggregate For For Management Remuneration of Non-Executive Directors from GBP 250,000 to GBP 400,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KBC GROUPE (FRM. KBC BANK AND INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY) Ticker: Security ID: B5337G162 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Discuss Consolidated Financial Statements None Did Not Management Received by Almanij SA Board Vote 2 Discuss Auditor Reports on Almanij SA None Did Not Management Consolidated and Non-Consolidated Vote Financial Statements 3 Accept Almanij SA Consolidated Financial None Did Not Management Statements Vote 4 Accept Almanij SA Financial Statements For Did Not Management Vote 5 Discuss Consolidated Financial Statements None Did Not Management Received by KBC Bancassurance Holding SA Vote Board 6 Discuss Auditor Reports on KBC None Did Not Management Bancassurance Holding SA Consolidated and Vote Non-Consolidated Financial Statements 7 Receive KBC Bancassurance Holding SA. None Did Not Management Consolidated Financial Statements Vote 8 Accept KBC Bancassurance Holding SA For Did Not Management Financial Statements Vote 9 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.84 per Share Vote 10 Approve Discharge of Almanaji SA For Did Not Management Directors Vote 11 Approve Discharge of KBC Bancassurance For Did Not Management Holding SA Directors Vote 12 Approve Discharge of Almanaji SA Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 13 Approve Discharge of KBC Bancassurance For Did Not Management Holding SA Auditors Vote 14 Reelect Luc Philips as Director For Did Not Management Vote 15 Approve Renumeration of Auditors of EUR For Did Not Management 60,000 Vote 16 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 17 Discuss Corporate Governance None Did Not Management Vote 18 Transact Other Business None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KBC GROUPE (FRM. KBC BANK AND INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY) Ticker: Security ID: B5337G162 Meeting Date: MAR 2, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements, Annual None Did Not Management Reports, and Auditors' Reports For Past Vote Three Fiscal Years for Almanij and KBC Bancassurance Holding S.A.; Receive Directors' and Auditors' Reports on Merger Agreement between Almanij and KBC Bancassurance Holding S.A. 2 Receive Communication Concerning None Did Not Management Significant Changes to the Situation of Vote the Assets and Liabilities of each Merging Company 3 Approve Merger By Absorption of Almanij For Did Not Management by KBC Bancassurance Holding S.A. Vote 4 Issue 264.4 Million Shares in Connection For Did Not Management with Acquisition Vote 5 Authorize Cancellation of Shares For Did Not Management Repurchased Pursuant to the Merger Vote 6 Amend Articles/Charter to Reflect Changes For Did Not Management in Capital Vote 7 Change Company Name to KBC Group For Did Not Management Vote 8 Allow Board to Use All Outstanding For Did Not Management Capital Authorizations in the Event of a Vote Public Tender Offer or Share Exchange Offer 9 Amend Articles Re: Composition of For Did Not Management Executive Committee, Interest of Vote Executive Committee Members in Transactions, Representation of Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and Procedure for Shareholder Proposals 10 Approve Changes in Board Re: Confirm For Did Not Management Resignations and Approve Election of Vote Directors 11 Authorize the Board to Implement Approved For Did Not Management Resolutions Vote 12 Authorize Christel Haverans to File For Did Not Management Amended Articles of Association Vote 13 Authorize Peggy De Bock and Christel For Did Not Management Haverans to File Required Vote Documents/Formalities at Relevant Authorities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KUONI REISEN HOLDING AG Ticker: Security ID: H47075108 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Receive Auditor's Report None Did Not Management Vote 3 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 4.1 Approve Allocation of Income and Omission For Did Not Management of Dividends Vote 4.2 Approve CHF 112 Million Reduction in For Did Not Management Share Capital via Repayment in Par Value Vote to Shareholders 5 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 6 Amend Articles Re: Submission of For Did Not Management Shareholder Proposals Vote 7.1 Reelect Andreas Schmid, Pierre Boppe, For Did Not Management Nils Hagander, and David Schnell as Vote Directors 7.2 Elect Hans Lerch as Directors For Did Not Management Vote 7.3 Ratify KPMG Fides Peat as Auditors For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LECTRA SA (FORMERLY LECTRA SYSTEMES) Ticker: Security ID: F56028107 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Directors For Did Not Management Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.13 per Share Vote 5 Approve Accounting Transfer from Special For Did Not Management Long-Term Capital Gains Account to Vote Ordinary Reserve Documents 6 Approve Non-Tax Deductible Expenses of For Did Not Management EUR 115,972 Vote 7 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 8 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 80,000 Vote 9 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 10 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote 1 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 2 Amend Article 6 Re: Form of Shares For Did Not Management Vote 3 Amend Article 7 Re: Shareholder Rights For Did Not Management Vote 4 Amend Article 22 Re: Board Powers and For Did Not Management Ordinary Business Vote 5 Amend Article 26 Re: Board Powers and For Did Not Management Special Business Vote 6 Authorize Up to 1.5 Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 7 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON Ticker: Security ID: F58485115 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Discharge Directors Vote 3 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 4 Approve Accounting Transfer from Special For Did Not Management Long-Term Capital Gains Account to Other Vote Reserves Account 5 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.95 per Share Vote 6 Reelect Nicolas Bazire as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Antonio Belloni as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Diego Della Valle as Director For Did Not Management Vote 9 Reelect Jacques Friedman as Director For Did Not Management Vote 10 Reelect Gilles Hennessy as Director For Did Not Management Vote 11 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 12 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 13 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 30 Million 14 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 30 Million 15 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent for Future Acquisitions Vote 16 Approve Capital Increase of Up to EUR 30 For Did Not Management Million without Preemptive Rights Vote 17 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 18 Authorize Up to One Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MLP AG(FRMLY MARSCHOLLEK, LAUTENSCHLAEGER UND PARTNER AG) Ticker: Security ID: D5388S105 Meeting Date: JUN 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.22 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Ratify Ernst & Young AG as Auditors for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2005 Vote 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE Ticker: Security ID: X56533114 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Statutory Reports for Year Ended For Did Not Management December31, 2004 Vote 2 Accept Financial Statements for Year For Did Not Management Ended December 31, 2004 Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Board and Auditors For Did Not Management for 2004 Vote 4 Approve Remuneration of Directors for For Did Not Management 2004 and Preapprove Directors' Vote Remuneration for 2005 5 Approve Remuneration of Directors Who Are For Did Not Management Members of the Audit Committee for 2005 Vote 6 Authorize Board and Management of the For Did Not Management Company to Participate in Boards and Vote Management of Similar Companies 7 Approve One Principal and One Substitute For Did Not Management Auditor and Authorize Board to Fix Their Vote Remuneration 8 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For Did Not Management Vote 9 Elect Directors and Designate Independent For Did Not Management Members Vote 10 Approve Stock Option Program For Did Not Management Vote 11 Other Business (Non-Voting) None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NESTLE SA Ticker: NESAY Security ID: H57312466 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1a Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 1b Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 8.00 per Share Vote 4a Amend Articles of Association to Separate Against Did Not Shareholder Position of CEO and Chairman of the Board Vote 4b Amend Articles of Association to Reduce Against Did Not Shareholder Board Terms from Five Years to Three Vote Years; Approve Individual Election of Board Members 4c Amend Articles of Association to Reduce Against Did Not Shareholder Threshold for Submitting Shareholder Vote Proposals From CHF 1 Million to CHF 100,000 5 Elect Guenter Blobel as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Ratify KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick For Did Not Management Goerdeler SA as Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT PLC Ticker: Security ID: G6500M106 Meeting Date: NOV 29, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Authorise 6 Million Shares Representing For Did Not Management 2.3 Percent of the Company's Issued Share Vote Capital for Off-Market Purchase Pursuant to a Programme Agreement between the Company and Goldman Sachs International -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOKIA CORP. Ticker: NKCAF Security ID: X61873133 Meeting Date: APR 7, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 28, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Presentation on Annual Accounts None None Management 2 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of EUR 0.33 Per Share 4 Approve Discharge of Board and President For For Management 5 Approve Remuneration of Directors For For Management 6 Increase Number of Directors from Eight For For Management to Ten 7 Reelect Paul Collins, Georg Ehrnrooth, For For Management Bengt Holmstroem, Per Karlsson, Jorma Ollila, Marjorie Scardino, Vesa Vainio, and Arne Wessberg; Elect Dan Hesse and Edouard Michelin as New Directors 8 Approve Remuneration of Auditors For For Management 9 Reelect PricewaterhouseCoopers as For For Management Auditors 10 Approve Stock Option Plan for Selected For For Management Personnel; Approve Creation of EUR 1.5 Million Pool of Conditional Capital to Guarantee Conversion Rights 11 Approve Between EUR 10.56 Million and EUR For For Management 13.80 Million Reduction in Share Capital via Share Cancellation 12 Approve Creation of Maximum EUR 53.16 For Against Management Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive Rights 13 Authorize Repurchase of Up to 221.60 For For Management Million Shares (Up to 443.20 Million Shares Subject to Pending Legislation) 14 Authorize Reissuance of Repurchased For For Management Shares -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVARTIS AG Ticker: NVS Security ID: H5820Q150 Meeting Date: MAR 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 1.05 per Share Vote 4 Approve CHF 19 Million Reduction in Share For Did Not Management Capital via Share Cancellation Vote 5 Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 6.1 Reelect Birgit Breuel as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.2 Reelect Peter Burckhardt as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.3 Reelect Alexandre Jetzer as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.4 Reelect Pierre Landolt as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6.5 Reelect Ulrich Lehner as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For Did Not Management Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NXT PLC ( FORMERLY VERITY GROUP PLC. ) Ticker: Security ID: G9337K137 Meeting Date: NOV 22, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Re-elect Peter Thoms as Director For For Management 4 Elect David MacKay as Director For For Management 5 Reappoint Horwath Clark Whitehill LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 6 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 7 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 1,114,919 8 Authorise Equity up to Aggregate Nominal For For Management Amount of GBP 2,229,838 for Market Purchase 9 Elect Lance Batchelor as Director For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERNOD RICARD Ticker: Security ID: F72027109 Meeting Date: JUN 30, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Acquisition of Allied Domecq B For Did Not Management Shares in the Aggregate Amount of EUR Vote 2.05 Billion Pending Approval of Scheme of Arrangement 2 Authorize Issuance of 17.7 Million Pernod For Did Not Management Ricard Shares in Connection with Vote Acquisition of Allied Domecq B Shares 3 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in For Did Not Management Capital Vote 4 Mandate Chairman/CEO to Confirm Execution For Did Not Management of Approved Resolutions Vote 5 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROSIEBENSAT.1 MEDIA AG (FRMLY PROSIEBEN MEDIA AG) Ticker: Security ID: D6216S101 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.30 per Bearer Share Vote and EUR 0.28 per Registered Share 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For Did Not Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft as Auditors for Vote Fiscal 2005 6 Elect Josh Steiner to the Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Vote 7 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 8 Approve Affiliation Agreements with For Did Not Management Subsidiaries Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRUDENTIAL PLC (FRM.PRUDENTIAL CORPORATION PLC ) Ticker: PUK Security ID: G72899100 Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Re-elect Clark Manning as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Roberto Mendoza as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Mark Wood as Director For For Management 6 Elect James Ross as Director For For Management 7 Elect Michael Garett as Director For For Management 8 Elect Keki Dadiseth as Director For For Management 9 Reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors and For For Management Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration 10 Approve Final Dividend of 10.65 Pence Per For For Management Ordinary Share 11 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 31,220,000 12 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 5,900,000 13 Authorise 237,000,000 Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 14 Amend Articles of Association Re: For For Management Adoption of International Accounting Standards; Treasury Shares -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICIS GROUPE Ticker: Security ID: F7607Z165 Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.30 per Share Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Management Board For Did Not Management Vote 5 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 6 Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Members in the Aggregate Amount of EUR Vote 5,000 per Board Meeting and EUR 5,000 per Committee Meeting 7 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 8 Reelect Simon Badinter as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 9 Ratify Appointment of Tateo Mataki as For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Member Vote 10 Ratify Mazars et Guerard as Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 11 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 12 Cancel Debt Issuance Authority Submitted For Did Not Management to Shareholder Vote on Jan. 9, 2002 Vote 13 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 40 Million; Authorize Issuance of Securities Convertible into Debt 14 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 40 Million; Authorize Issuance of Securities Convertible into Debt 15 Authorize Board to Set Issue Price for For Did Not Management Capital Increase of Up to Ten Percent Vote Without Preemptive Rights 16 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 40 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 17 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to EUR For Did Not Management 40 Million for Future Exchange Offers Vote 18 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent of Issued Capital for Future Vote Acquisitions 19 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event that Demand Exceeds Amounts Vote Proposed Above 20 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 21 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 22 Set Global Limit for Capital Increase to For Did Not Management Result from All Issuance Requests at EUR Vote 40 Million 23 Authorize Up to Ten Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 24 Allow Board to Issue Shares in the Event For Did Not Management of a Public Tender Offer or Share Vote Exchange Offer 25 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 26 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPSOL YPF SA (FORMERLY REPSOL, S.A.) Ticker: REP Security ID: E8471S130 Meeting Date: MAY 30, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements, Allocation For For Management of Income, and Discharge Directors for Fiscal Year Ended 12-31-04 2 Present Amendments of the Board For For Management Governance Guidelines 3 Amend Articles 40, 47, and 38 of The For For Management Bylaws and Amend Chapter 2, Title 4 of the Board Governance Guidelines 4 Elect Directors For For Management 5 Approve Auditors for Company and For For Management Consolidated Group 6 Authorize Share Repurchase Program For For Management 7 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Preemptive Rights 8 Authorize Issuance of Convertible and For For Management Non-convertible Bonds without Preemptive Rights 9 Authorize Board to Ratify and Execute For For Management Approved Resolutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS GROUP PLC (FORMERLY REUTERS HOLDINGS PLC) Ticker: Security ID: G7540P109 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Approve Final Dividend of 6.15 Pence Per For For Management Share 4 Elect Kenneth Olisa as Director For For Management 5 Elect Lawton Fitt as Director For For Management 6 Elect Penelope Hughes as Director For For Management 7 Re-elect Thomas Glocer as Director For For Management 8 Re-elect David Grigson as Director For For Management 9 Re-elect Devin Wenig as Director For For Management 10 Re-elect Niall FitzGerald as Director For For Management 11 Re-elect Ian Strachan as Director For For Management 12 Re-elect Richard Olver as Director For For Management 13 Re-elect Edward Kozel as Director For For Management 14 Re-elect Charles Sinclair as Director For For Management 15 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 16 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 17 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 108,000,000 18 Approve Renewal of Directors' Authority For For Management to Grant Options Under the Reuters Group PLC International SAYE Share Option Plan 1997 19 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 17,000,000 20 Authorise 143,540,000 Shares for Market For For Management Purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCHE HOLDING AG Ticker: ROCH20 Security ID: H69293217 Meeting Date: FEB 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 2.00 per Share Vote 4.1 Reelect John Bell as Director For Did Not Management Vote 4.2 Reelect Andre Hoffmann as Director For Did Not Management Vote 4.3 Reelect Franz Humer as Director For Did Not Management Vote 5 Ratify KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick For Did Not Management Goerdeler SA as Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC (THE) Ticker: RBSPRE Security ID: G76891111 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Approve Final Dividend of 41.2 Pence Per For For Management Share 4 Re-elect Jim Currie as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Sir Fred Goodwin as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Sir Steve Robson as Director For For Management 7 Elect Archie Hunter as Director For For Management 8 Elect Charles Koch as Director For For Management 9 Elect Joe MacHale as Director For For Management 10 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 11 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 12 Approve Increase in Authorised Share For For Management Capital; Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 264,579,936 13 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 39,686,990 14 Authorise 317,495,924 Shares for Market For For Management Purchase 15 Approve 71 M Category II Non-Cumulative For For Management US$ Pref. Shares; Allot the Newly Created and 179.5 M Unissued Category II Non-Cumulative US$ Pref. Shares, the 64.75 M Unissued Non-Cumulative Euro Pref. Shares and 300 M Unissued Non-Cumulative GBP Pref. Shares 16 Approve Citizens Financial Group, Inc. For For Management Long Term Incentive Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RWE AG Ticker: RWEOY Security ID: D6629K109 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.50 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Ratify PwC Deutsche Revision AG as For Did Not Management Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Vote 6 Elect Thomas Fischer and Dagmar For Did Not Management Muehlenfeld to the Supervisory Board Vote 7 Authorize Repurchase of up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 8 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings Vote 9 Amend Article Re: Chairmanship of General For Did Not Management Meetings (to Reflect Pending German Vote Legislation) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: F5548N101 Meeting Date: DEC 13, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger by Absorption of Aventis For Did Not Management by Sanofi-Aventis; Authorize Issuance of Vote 19.1 Million Shares to Compensate Aventis Minority Shareholders 2 Approve Accounting Treatment of For Did Not Management Absorption Vote 3 Assume Obligations of 257,248 Outstanding For Did Not Management Aventis Warrants; Authorize Issuance of Vote Up to 301,984 Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Warrants 4 Assume Obligations of 48.08 Million For Did Not Management Outstanding Aventis Stock Options; Vote Authorize Issuance of Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Stock Options 5 Set Dec. 31, 2004, as Effective Date of For Did Not Management Merger and Related Capital Increase to Vote Aventis Minority Shareholders 6 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in For Did Not Management Capital Vote 7 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 8 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: F5548N101 Meeting Date: DEC 23, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger by Absorption of Aventis For Did Not Management by Sanofi-Aventis; Authorize Issuance of Vote 19.1 Million Shares to Compensate Aventis Minority Shareholders 2 Approve Accounting Treatment of For Did Not Management Absorption Vote 3 Assume Obligations of 257,248 Outstanding For Did Not Management Aventis Warrants; Authorize Issuance of Vote Up to 301,984 Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Warrants 4 Assume Obligations of 48.08 Million For Did Not Management Outstanding Aventis Stock Options; Vote Authorize Issuance of Sanofi-Aventis Shares to Satisfy Conversion of Aventis Stock Options 5 Set Dec. 31, 2004, as Effective Date of For Did Not Management Merger and Related Capital Increase to Vote Aventis Minority Shareholders 6 Amend Articles to Reflect Changes in For Did Not Management Capital Vote 7 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 8 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: Security ID: F5548N101 Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.20 per Share Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit as For Did Not Management Auditor Vote 6 Ratify Pierre Coll as Alternate Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 7 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 8 Cancel Outstanding Debt Issuance For Did Not Management Authority Vote 9 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1.4 Billion; Authorize Global Limit of EUR 1.6 Billion 10 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 840 Million 11 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 500 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 12 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Issuance Authorities Above 13 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 14 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 15 Authorize Up to 1 Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital For Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 16 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 17 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAP AG Ticker: SAPQY Security ID: D66992104 Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.10 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal 2004 Vote 5 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For Did Not Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as Auditors Vote 6 Elect Erhard Schipporeit to the For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Vote 7 Amend Articles Re: Share Capital; For Did Not Management Conditional Captial IIa; Conditional Vote Capital IIIa 8 Change Company Name to SAP AG For Did Not Management Vote 9 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings due Vote to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits Regulation) 10 Approve Creation of EUR 60 Million Pool For Did Not Management of Conditional Capital with Preemptive Vote Rights; Approve Creation of EUR 60 Million Pool of Conditional Capital without Preemptive Rights 11 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 12 Authorize Use of Financial Derivatives For Did Not Management Method when Repurchasing Shares Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHERING AG Ticker: SHR10 Security ID: D67334108 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Financial Statements and None Did Not Management Statutory Reports for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 1.00 per Vote Dividend-Bearing Share 3 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For Did Not Management Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 4 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management for Fiscal Year 2004 Vote 5 Ratify BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG as For Did Not Management Auditors for Fiscal Year 2005 Vote 6 Amend Articles Re: Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Remuneration Scheme Vote 7 Amend Articles Re: Calling of and For Did Not Management Registration for Shareholder Meetings due Vote to Proposed Changes in German Law (Company Integrity and Modernization of Shareholder Lawsuits Regulation) 8 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For Did Not Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares Vote 9 Approve Control and Profit and Loss For Did Not Management Transfer Agreement with a Subsidiary Vote (Scheradmin 01 GmbH) 10 Approve Transformation of Profit and Loss For Did Not Management Transfer Agreements into Control and Vote Profit and Loss Transfer Agreements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITAS AB Ticker: Security ID: W7912C118 Meeting Date: APR 7, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None None Management 2 Elect Melker Schoerling as Chairman of For For Management Meeting 3 Prepare and Approve List of Shareholders For For Management 4 Approve Agenda of Meeting For For Management 5 Designate Inspector or Share holder For For Management Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting 6 Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For For Management 7 Receive President's Report None None Management 8 Receive Financial Statements and None None Management Statutory Reports 9a Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 9b Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of SEK 3.00 Per Share 9c Approve Record Date (April 12) for For For Management Dividend 9d Approve Discharge of Board and President For For Management 10 Determine Number of Members (9) and For For Management Deputy Members (0) of Board 11 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For For Management Aggregate Amount of SEK 4 Million; Approve Remuneration for Committee Work 12 Reelect Thomas Berglund, Annika For For Management Falkengren, Carl Douglas, Gustaf Douglas, Berthold Lindqvist, Fredrik Palmstierna, Melker Schoerling (Chair) as Directors; Elect Stuart Graham and Sofia Schoerling as New Directors 13 Reelect Gustaf Douglas (Chair), Melker For For Management Schoerling, Marianne Nilsson and Annika Andersson as Members of Nominating Committee 14 Approve Repurchase Prior to Maturity of For Against Management Convertible Bonds Issued for 2002 Incentive Program 15 Close Meeting None None Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERCO GROUP PLC Ticker: Security ID: G80400107 Meeting Date: JAN 12, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Acquisition of ITNET plc For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIEMENS AG Ticker: SMAG40 Security ID: D69671218 Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 21, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Receive Supervisory Board Report None None Management 2 Receive Financial Statements and None None Management Statutory Reports 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of EUR 1.25 per Share 4 Approve Discharge of Management Board for For For Management Fiscal 2003/2004 5 Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For For Management for Fiscal 2003/2004 6 Ratify KPMG Deutsche For For Management Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG as Auditors 7 Elect Heinrich v. Pierer to the For For Management Supervisory Board; Elect Michael Mirow as Alternate Supervisory Board Memeber 8 Authorize Share Repurchase Program and For For Management Reissuance of Repurchased Shares 9 Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board For For Management Members 10 Amend Articles Re: Designate Electronic For For Management Publications for Meeting Announcements and Invitation to Shareholder Meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKANDIA FORSAKRINGS AB(SKANDIA GROUP INSURANCE COMPANY LTD) Ticker: Security ID: W80217107 Meeting Date: APR 14, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 4, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None None Management 2 Elect Karl-Erik Danielsson as Chairman of For For Management Meeting 3 Approve Agenda of Meeting For For Management 4 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For For Management Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting 5 Prepare and Approve List of Shareholders For For Management 6 Acknowledge Proper Convening of Meeting For For Management 7 Receive Board and Remuneration Committee None None Management Reports 8 Receive Vice Chairman's and Audit None None Management Committee Reports 9 Receive President's Report None None Management 10 Allow Questions None None Management 11 Receive Annual Report and Consolidated None None Management Financial Statements 12 Receive Audit Report and Consolidated None None Management Audit Report; Receive Report on Work of Auditors 13 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports; Accept Consolidated Financial Statements and Statutory Reports 14 Approve Allocation of Income and For For Management Dividends of SEK 0.35 Per Share 15 Approve Discharge of Board and President For For Management 16 Receive Nominating Committee Report None None Management 17 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For For Management Amount of SEK 1 Million for Chairman, SEK 600,000 for Vice Chairman, and SEK 300,000 for Other Directors; Approve Compensation for Committee Work in the Aggregate Amount of SEK 700,000 18 Determine Number of Members (8) of Board For For Management 19 Reelect Lennart Jeansson, Birgitta For For Management Johansson-Hedberg, Kajsa Lindstaahl, and Anders Ullberg as Directors; Elect Christer Gardell as New Director 20 Approve Remuneration of Auditors For For Management 21 Determine Number of Auditors (2) and For For Management Deputy Auditors (0) 22 Ratify Svante Forsberg and Goeran For For Management Engquist as Auditors 23.1 Receive Information About Investigation None None Management Concerning Damages Caused By Former Directors 23.2A Approve Settlement Agreement Between For For Management Company and Former Chairman Lars Ramqvist 23.2B Shareholder Proposal: Assign Board to Against For Shareholder Initiate Lawsuit Against Former Chairman Lars Ramqvist 24.1 Shareholder Proposal: Initiate New Against Against Shareholder Independent Investigation Into Bonus Scandal; Revise Current Compensation System 24.2 Shareholder Proposal: Greed Test For Against Against Shareholder Directors 25 Close Meeting None None Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITHS GROUP PLC (FORMERLY SMITHS INDUSTRIES PLC) Ticker: Security ID: G82401103 Meeting Date: NOV 16, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Approve Final Dividend of 18.25 Pence Per For For Management Share 4 Re-elect Sir Nigel Broomfield as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect John Langston as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect David Lillycrop as Director For For Management 7 Re-elect Einar Lindh as Director For For Management 8 Re-elect Alan Thomson as Director For For Management 9 Elect Donald Brydon as Director For For Management 10 Elect David Challen as Director For For Management 11 Elect Peter Jackson as Director For For Management 12 Elect Lord Robertson of Port Ellen as For For Management Director 13 Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 14 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 15 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 46,811,832 16 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 7,021,774 17 Authorise 56,174,198 Shares for Market For For Management Purchase 18 Authorise EU Political Donations up to For For Management Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 100,000 19 Approve Smiths Group Performance Share For For Management Plan 20 Approve Smiths Group Co-Investment Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIETE GENERALE Ticker: SCGLY Security ID: F43638141 Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 3.3 per Share Vote 3 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Absence Related-Party Vote Transactions 5 Reelect Jean Azema as Director For Did Not Management Vote 6 Reelect Elisabeth Lulin as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Patrick Ricard as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 9 Reduce Range of Board Size from 15 to 13 For Did Not Management Board Members; Reduce Number of Vote Representatives of Employee Shareholders From 3 to 2, and Allow Use of Electronic Voting for Elections of Representatives of Employee Shareholders 10 Amend Articles to Increase Shareholding For Did Not Management Disclosure Threshold from 0.5 Percent to Vote 1.5 Percent 11 Authorize Up to One Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 12 Authorize Capital Increase of Up to Ten For Did Not Management Percent Of Issued Capital for Future Vote Acquisitions A Shareholder Proposal: Amend Articles of Against Did Not Shareholder Association to Remove Voting Right Vote Limitation of 15 Percent 13 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUEZ SA(FORMERLY SUEZ LYONNAISE DES EAUX) Ticker: Security ID: F90131115 Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.80 per Share Vote 3 Approve Accounting Transfers From For Did Not Management Long-Term Capital Gains Account to Vote Ordinary Reserve 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 6 Reelect Paul Demarais Jr as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Gerard Mestrallet as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Lord Simon of Highbury as For Did Not Management Director Vote 9 Reelect Richard Goblet d'Alviella as For Did Not Management Director Vote 10 Ratify Deloitte & Associes as Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 11 Ratify Beas as Alternate Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 12 Ratify Francis Gidoin as Alternate For Did Not Management Auditor Vote 13 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 14 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 15 Approve Issuance of up to 15 Million For Did Not Management Shares to Spring Multiple 2005 SCA in Vote Connection with Share Purchase Plan for Employees of International Subsidiaries 16 Authorize Up to Three Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 17 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWISS LIFE HOLDING Ticker: Security ID: H7354Q135 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2.1 Approve Allocation of Income and Omission For Did Not Management of Dividends Vote 2.2 Approve CHF 141.2 Million Reduction in For Did Not Management Share Capital via Repayment of CHF 4 to Vote Shareholders 3 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 4 Reelect Gerold Buehrer, Paul Embrechts, For Did Not Management and Franziska Tschudi as Directors Vote 5 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as For Did Not Management Auditors Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELECOM ITALIA SPA.( FORMERLY OLIVETTI SPA ) Ticker: TI Security ID: T92778108 Meeting Date: OCT 25, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: OCT 20, 2004 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Report Re: Utilization of Savings None Did Not Management Shares' Special Reserve Vote 2.1.A Reelect Current Board Representative for None Did Not Management Holders of Savings Shares, Carlo Pasteris Vote 2.1.B Elect New Candidate Designated by Saving None Did Not Management Shareholders as Board Representative for Vote Holders of Savings Shares 2.2.A Fix Board Representative for Holders of None Did Not Management Savings Shares' Term in Office to Three Vote Years 2.2.B Fix Board Representative of Holders of None Did Not Management Savings Shares' Term in Office To the Vote Newly Proposed Term Presented by Saving Shareholders 2.3.A Fix Board Representative for Holders of None Did Not Management Savings Shares' Remuneration at EUR Vote 36,152 2.3.B Fix Board Representative for Holders of None Did Not Management Savings Shares' Remuneration To the Newly Vote Proposed Amount Presented by Saving Shareholders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELENOR ASA Ticker: Security ID: R21882106 Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Notice of Meeting For For Management 2 Designate Inspector or Shareholder For For Management Representative(s) of Minutes of Meeting 3 Approve Financial Statements, Allocation For For Management of Income and Dividends of NOK 1.50 Per Share 4 Approve Remuneration of Auditors For For Management 5 Approve NOK 263.2 Million Reduction in For For Management Share Capital via Share Cancellation; Approve Repurchase of 23.7 Million Shares from the Kingdom of Norway; Approve Transfer of NOK 893 Million from Share Premium Reserve to Other Equity 6 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For For Management of Issued Share Capital 7 Elect Jan-Erik Korssjoen, Randi Braathe, For For Management Jostein Devold, Rune Selmar, Hans Olav Karde, Nils-Edvard Olsen, Signe Ritterberg, Stener Lium, Hanne Harlem, and Marianne Lie as Members of Corporate Assembly; Elect Three Deputy Members of Corporate Assembly 8 Approve Remuneration of Members of For For Management Corporate Assembly in the Amount of NOK 75,000 for Chairman, NOK 35,000 for Deputy Chairman, NOK 25,000 for Other Members Per Year, and NOK 6,000 for Deputy Members Per Meeting 9 Reelect Reier Soeberg and Erik Must as For For Management Members of Nominating Committee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL SA (FORMERLY TOTAL FINA ELF S.A ) Ticker: TOT Security ID: F92124100 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 5.40 per Share of which Vote EUR 3.00 Remains to be Distributed 4 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 5 Authorize Repurchase of Up to 24.4 For Did Not Management Million Shares Vote 6 Reelect Paul Desmarais Jr as Director For Did Not Management Vote 7 Reelect Bertrand Jacquillat as Director For Did Not Management Vote 8 Reelect Maurice Lippens as Director For Did Not Management Vote 9 Elect Lord Levene of Portsoken KBE as For Did Not Management Director Vote 10 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 4 Billion 11 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1.8 Billion 12 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 13 Authorize Up to One Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote A Shareholder Proposal: Authorize Up to One Against Did Not Shareholder Percent of Issued Capital for Use in Vote Restricted Stock Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TULLOW OIL PLC Ticker: Security ID: G91235104 Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Final Dividend of 1.25 Pence Per For For Management Share 3 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 4 Elect David Bamford as Director For For Management 5 Elect Adrian Nel as Director For For Management 6 Re-elect Graham Martin as Director For For Management 7 Re-elect Steven McTiernan as Director For For Management 8 Re-elect Clare Spottiswoode as Director For For Management 9 Re-elect Rohan Courtney as Director For For Management 10 Reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors and Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration 11 Authorise Issue of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 3,232,410 12 Approve Increase in Remuneration of For For Management Non-Executive Directors from GBP 250,000 to GBP 400,000 13 Approve Tullow Oil 2005 Performance Share For For Management Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UBS AG Ticker: Security ID: H8920M855 Meeting Date: APR 21, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For Did Not Management Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of CHF 3.00 per Share Vote 3 Approve Discharge of Board and Senior For Did Not Management Management Vote 4.1.1 Reelect Marcel Ospel as Director For Did Not Management Vote 4.1.2 Reelect Lawrence Weinbach as Director For Did Not Management Vote 4.2.1 Elect Marco Suter as Director For Did Not Management Vote 4.2.2 Elect Peter Voser as Director For Did Not Management Vote 4.3 Ratify Ernst & Young Ltd. as Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 5.1 Approve CHF 31.9 Million Reduction in For Did Not Management Share Capital via Cancellation of Vote Repurchased Shares 5.2 Authorize Repurchase of Issued Share For Did Not Management Capital Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNICREDITO ITALIANO SPA (FORM .CREDITO ITALIANO) Ticker: Security ID: T95132105 Meeting Date: APR 30, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: APR 22, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements, Consolidated For Did Not Management Accounts, and Statutory Reports Vote 2 Approve Allocation of Income For Did Not Management Vote 3 Fix Number of Directors on the Board; For Did Not Management Elect Directors for a Three-Year Term Vote 2005-2007 4 Approve Directors' and Executive Commitee For Did Not Management Members' Annual Remuneration Vote 5 Approve Adherence of the Company to the For Did Not Management European Economic Interest Grouping Vote (EEIG) named 'Global Development' (or 'Sviluppo Globale') 6 Approve Company's Adoption of Costs For Did Not Management Relative to the Remuneration of the Vote Saving Shareholders' Representative 1 Approve Acquisition of Banca dell'Umbria For Did Not Management 1462 Spa and of Cassa di Risparmio Carpi Vote Spa; Amend Bylaws Accordingly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEDIOR NV Ticker: Security ID: N9202Y107 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: APR 26, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2 Opportunity to Make Recommendations for None Did Not Management Appointment of Member of the Board of the Vote Stichting Administratiekantoor of Ordinary Shares 3 Allow Questions None Did Not Management Vote 4 Close Meeting None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEDIOR NV Ticker: Security ID: N9202Y107 Meeting Date: APR 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 26, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2a Receive Report of Management Board None Did Not Management Vote 2b Receive Report of 'Stichting None Did Not Management Administratiekantoor van gewone aandelen Vote Vedior' 2c Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2d Approve Dividend of EUR 0.20 per Ordinary For Did Not Management Share Vote 3a Approve Discharge of Management Board For Did Not Management Vote 3b Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 4 Discussion about Company's Corporate None Did Not Management Governance Vote 5 Grant Board Authority to Issue Authorized For Did Not Management Yet Unissued Ordinary Shares Up to 10 Vote Percent Restricting/Excluding Preemptive Rights (25 Percent in Connection with Merger of Acquisition) 6 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 7 Reelect D. Sinninghe Damste to For Did Not Management Supervisory Board Vote 8 Approve Remuneration of Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Vote 9a Approve Cancellation of Class of For Did Not Management Preference Shares A Vote 9b Approve Cancellation of Class of For Did Not Management Preference Shares B Vote 10 Amend Articles to Delete Reference to For Did Not Management Preference Shares A and Holders of These Vote Shares 11 Other Business (Non-Voting) None Did Not Management Vote 12 Close Meeting None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEDIOR NV Ticker: Security ID: N9202Y107 Meeting Date: SEP 7, 2004 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Open Meeting None Did Not Management Vote 2 Receive Report on Best Practice Provision None Did Not Management IV.2. 'Depositary Receipts for Shares' of Vote the Dutch Corporate Governance Code 3 Close Meeting None Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA (FORMERLY VIVENDI) Ticker: Security ID: F7063C114 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Financial Statements and For Did Not Management Statutory Reports Vote 2 Accept Consolidated Financial Statements For Did Not Management and Statutory Reports Vote 3 Approve Special Auditors' Report For Did Not Management Regarding Related-Party Transactions Vote 4 Approve Allocation of Income and For Did Not Management Dividends of EUR 0.60 per Share Vote 5 Adopt Two-Tiered Board Structure For Did Not Management Vote 6 Adopt New Articles of Asscociation For Did Not Management Vote 7 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Vote Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 1 Billion 8 Authorize Issuance of Equity or For Did Not Management Equity-Linked Securities without Vote Preemptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of EUR 500 Million 9 Authorize Board to Increase Capital in For Did Not Management the Event of Demand Exceeding Amounts Vote Proposed in Issuance Authority Above 10 Authorize Capitalization of Reserves of For Did Not Management Up to EUR 500 Million for Bonus Issue or Vote Increase in Par Value 11 Approve Capital Increase Reserved for For Did Not Management Employees Participating in Vote Savings-Related Share Purchase Plan 12 Approve Stock Option Plan Grants For Did Not Management Vote 13 Authorize Up to 0.5 Percent of Issued For Did Not Management Capital for Use in Restricted Stock Plan Vote 14 Approve Reduction in Share Capital via For Did Not Management Cancellation of Repurchased Shares Vote 15 Elect Jean-Rene Fourtou as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 16 Elect Claude Bebear as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 17 Elect Gerard Bremond as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 18 Elect Fernando Falco as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 19 Elect Paul Fribourg as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 20 Elect Gabriel Hawawini as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 21 Elect Henri Lachmann as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 22 Elect Pierre Rodocanachi as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 23 Elect Karel Van Miert as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 24 Elect Sarah Frank as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 25 Elect Patrick Kron as Supervisory Board For Did Not Management Member Vote 26 Elect Andrzej Olechowski as Supervisory For Did Not Management Board Member Vote 27 Approve Remuneration of Directors in the For Did Not Management Aggregate Amount of EUR 1.2 Million Vote 28 Ratify Salustro-Reydel as Auditor For Did Not Management Vote 29 Ratify Jean-Claude Reydel as Alternate For Did Not Management Auditor to Replace Hubert Luneau Vote 30 Authorize Repurchase of Up to Ten Percent For Did Not Management of Issued Share Capital Vote 31 Authorize Filing of Required For Did Not Management Documents/Other Formalities Vote 32-6A Amend Articles of Association Re: Voting For Did Not Management Right Limitations Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VODAFONE GROUP PLC Ticker: Security ID: G93882101 Meeting Date: JUL 27, 2004 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory For For Management Reports 2 Approve Remuneration Report For For Management 3 Re-elect Peter Bamford as Director For For Management 4 Re-elect Julian Horn-Smith as Director For For Management 5 Re-elect Sir David Scholey as Director For For Management 6 Elect Luc Vandevelde as Director For For Management 7 Approve Final Dividend of 1.0780 Pence For For Management Per Ordinary Share 8 Re-appoint Deloitte and Touche LLP as For For Management Auditors of the Company 9 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management the Auditors 10 Authorise the Company and Any Company For For Management Which is or Becomes a Subsidiary of the Company to Make EU Political Donations or Incur EU Political Expenditure up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of GBP 100,000 11 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 900 Million 12 Authorise Issuance of Equity or For For Management Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of USD 330 Million 13 Authorise 6.6 Billion Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase 14 Authorise 660 Million Ordinary Shares for For For Management Market Purchase Pursuant to Contingent Purchase Contracts ========== END NPX REPORT 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. The Europe Fund, Inc. By: /s/ Robert C. Doll, Jr. ---------------------- Robert C. Doll, Jr. Chief Executive Officer The Europe Fund, Inc. Date: August 25, 2005