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FORM N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number  811- 04889

 

H&Q Healthcare Investors

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

2 Liberty Square, 9th Floor, Boston, MA

 

02109

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Carolyn Haley

H&Q Healthcare Investors

2 Liberty Square, 9th Floor, Boston MA 02109

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  617 772-8500

 

Date of fiscal year end:  September 30

 

Date of reporting period:  7/1/07-6/30/08

 

Form N-PX is to be used by a registered management investment company, other than a small business investment company registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than August 31 of each year, containing the registrant’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, pursuant to section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rule 30b1-4 thereunder (17 CFR 270.30b1-4).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-PX in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

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Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.

 


 

HQH N-PX for the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

 

CUSIP

 

Symbol

Company Name

 

 

004225108

 

ACAD

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/13/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/18/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Michael Borer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Mary Ann Gray

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Lester J. Kaplan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the selection by the audit committee of our board of directors of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

00817Y108

 

AET

Aetna Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/30/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/28/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Frank M. Clark

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Betsy Z. Cohen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Molly J. Coye, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Roger N. Farah

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jeffrey E. Garten

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Earl G. Graves

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gerald Greenwald

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph P. Newhouse

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ronald A. Williams

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of the independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Shareholder proposal on cumulative voting

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Shareholder proposal on nominating a retired Aetna executive to the board

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Agensys, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

10/22/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

9/14/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Selection of independent auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Agensys, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

11/27/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Adoption of merger agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Disclosure of interested parties

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Waiver of dissenters’ rights

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

General authority

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

009728106

 

AKRX

Akorn, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/22/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/2/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director John N. Kapoor, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Arthur S. Przybyl

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jerry N. Ellis

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ronald M. Johnson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jerry I. Treppel

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Subhash Kapre, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Randall J. Wall

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as Akorn’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

016255101

 

ALGN

Align Technology, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/15/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/19/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director David E. Collins

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph Lacob

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director C. Raymond Larkin, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director George J. Morrow

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Thomas M. Prescott

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Greg J. Santora

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Warren S. Thaler

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Proposal to ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as Align Technology, Inc.’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

01642T108

 

ALKS

Alkermes, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

10/9/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

7/16/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Floyd E. Bloom

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert A. Breyer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Geraldine Henwood

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Paul J. Mitchell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard F. Pops

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Alexander Rich

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David A. Broecker

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Mark B. Skaletsky

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michael A. Wall

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve an amended and restated 1999 stock option plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To approve an amendment to the 2002 restricted stock award plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder, by 700,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve an amendment to the 2006 stock option plan for non-employee directors to increase the number of shares issuable upon exercise of options granted thereunder, by 240,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

To ratify Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

018490102

 

AGN

Allergan, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/6/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/14/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Deborah Dunsire, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Trevor M. Jones, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Louis J. Lavigne, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Leonard D. Schaeffer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the Allergan, Inc. 2008 incentive award plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve stockholder proposal No. 1 regarding the adoption of a pay-for-superior-performance executive compensation plan

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Sharholder

4

 

To approve stockholder proposal No. 2 regarding additional animal testing disclosure

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Sharholder

 


 

031162100

 

AMGN

Amgen Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/7/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/10/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Dr. David Baltimore

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jerry D. Choate

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Dr. Vance D. Coffman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Frank C. Herringer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gilbert S. Omenn

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Judith C. Pelham

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Adm. J. Paul Reason, USN

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Leonard D. Schaeffer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kevin W. Sharer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2 

 

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Stockholder proposal on simple majority vote

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

3

 

Stockholder proposal on animal welfare

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

038020103

 

ABI

Applera Corporation - Applied Biosystems Group

 

Meeting Date:

10/18/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

8/31/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Richard H. Ayers

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jean-Luc Belingard

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert H. Hayes

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Arnold J. Levine

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William H. Longfield

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Elaine R. Mardis

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Theodore E. Martin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Carolyn W. Slayman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director James R. Tobin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Tony L. White

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of an extension of the term of the Applera Corporation 1999 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

04744L106

 

ATHX

Athersys, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/20/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/24/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Gil Van Bokkelen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jordan S. Davis

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John J. Harrington

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Floyd D. Loop

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director George M. Milne, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William C. Mulligan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Lorin J. Randall

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michael Sheffery

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

04744L106

 

ATHX

Athersys, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

7/17/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Amendment to certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

05346P106

 

AVRX

Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/4/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/18/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director K.C. Carter, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director P. Frost, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director D.S. Kabakoff, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michael R. Kurman, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Bradley G. Lorimier

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William H. Washecka

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

05365U101

 

AVTQY

Aveta, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

1/15/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

12/17/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Stuart H. Altman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David Roberts

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Alan D. Solomont

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the Aveta Inc. restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

Abstain

 

Management

3

 

To approve the Aveta Inc. 2007 key employee retention plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Abstain

 

Management

 

068306109

 

BRL

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/15/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/28/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Bruce L. Downey

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director George P. Stephan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Harold N. Chefitz

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard R. Frankovic

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Peter R. Seaver

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director James S. Gilmore, III

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the audit committee’s selection of the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To approve the company’s proposal to amend the certificate of incorporation to delete the plurality voting standard for the election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

071813109

 

BAX

Baxter International Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/6/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/7/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph B. Martin, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Thomas T. Stallkamp

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Albert P.L. Stroucken

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

075887109

 

BDX

Becton, Dickinson and Company

 

 

Meeting Date:

1/29/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

12/7/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Basil L. Anderson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Marshall O. Larsen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gary A. Mecklenburg

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Cathy E. Minehan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Alfred Sommer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of selection of independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Annual election of directors

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

4

 

Cumulative voting

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

5

 

Environmental Report

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 


 

09062X103

 

BIIB

Biogen Idec Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/19/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/21/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Stelios Papadopoulos

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Cecil Pickett

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Lynn Schenk

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Phillip Sharp

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To approve the 2008 omnibus equity plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve the 2008 performance-based management incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

5

 

Shareholder proposal to amend the company’s by-laws

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

N/A

 

N/A

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/1/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Appointment of director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

11/29/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Increase in share reserve under equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Amendment of amended and restated articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Additional filings

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

12/5/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Appointment of director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

2/19/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Reincorporation in Delaware

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of adoption of employee benefit and related plans

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

3/1/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Reverse split of company’s common stock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

3/1/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Amended and restated bylaws

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of 2008 equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Approval of 2008 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Approval of 2008 non-employee directors’ stock option plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

6

 

Indemnity agreements

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

7

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

151020104

 

CELG

Celgene Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/18/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/22/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Sol J. Barer, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Hugin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michael D. Casey

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Rodman L. Drake

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director A. Hull Hayes, Jr., MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gilla Kaplan, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director James J. Loughlin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ernest Mario, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Walter L. Robb, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of the amendment and restatement of the company’s 1998 stock incentive plan (to be renamed the 2008 stock incentive plan)

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

15135B101

 

CNC

Centene Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/22/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/22/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Michael F. Neidorff

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard A. Gephardt

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John R. Roberts

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of amendments to the 2003 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Ceres, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/29/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Issuance of warrants

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of stock option/stock issuance plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Ceres, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/31/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of appointment of independent public accountants

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Ceres, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

9/4/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of financing

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Ceres, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/28/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/16/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Election of Directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of appointment of independent public accountants

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

N/A

 

N/A

Concentric Medical, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/15/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Amendment and restatement of certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Amendment and restatement of bylaws

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Appointment of members of the board of directors and size

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Amendment of stock plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Approval of adoption of equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

6

 

Approval of adoption of employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

7

 

Conversion of stock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

8

 

Amendment and restatement of certificate of incoporation prior to corporate action

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

9

 

Termination of right of first refusal and co-sale agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

10

 

Adoption of form of indemnification agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

11

 

Omnibus resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Concentric Medical, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

2/1/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Issuance of warrants

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Certificate of amendment of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Amendment of amended and restated investors’ rights agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Omnibus resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

126650100

 

CVS

CVS/Caremark Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/7/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/12/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Edwin M. Banks

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director C. David Brown II

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David W. Dorman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kristen Gibney Williams

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Marian L. Heard

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William H. Joyce

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jean-Pierre Millon

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Terrence Murray

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard J. Swift

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2008 fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Stockholder proposal regarding special shareholder meetings

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Stockholder proposal regarding tax gross-up payments

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Stockholder proposal regarding political contributions and expenditures

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

232946103

 

CYTC

Cytyc Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

10/18/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

8/22/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

To adopt the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of May 20, 2007, among Cytyc, Hologic, Inc. and Nor’easter Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hologic formed for the purpose of the merger, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger, all as more fully described in the proxy statement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

If submitted to a vote of Cytyc stockholders, to approve an adjournment of the Cytyc special meeting, including, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement if there are not sufficient votes for that proposal at the time of the meeting

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

259858108

 

DOVP

DOV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

7/30/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

6/7/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Zola Horovitz, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph S. Zakrzewski

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the 2007 stock award and incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To authorize the board of directors, in its discretion, to amend the fourth amended and restated certificate of incorporation, to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s common stock issued and outstanding or held in treasury

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

278856109

 

ECLP

Eclipsys Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

7/11/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

5/29/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Dan L. Crippen

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Edward A. Kangas

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the company’s incentive compensation plan for specified officers

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the current fiscal year

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

278856109

 

ECLP

Eclipsys Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/11/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/14/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director R. Andrew Eckert

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Eugene V. Fife

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the 2008 omnibus incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP by the board of directors as the company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm for the current fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

30161Q104

 

EXEL

Exelixis, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/1/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/5/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director S. Papadopoulos, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director G.A. Scangos, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Frank McCormick, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Lance Willsey, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Exelixis’ independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 2, 2009

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

368710406

 

DNA

Genentech, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/15/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/19/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Herbert W. Boyer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William M. Burns

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Erich Hunziker

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jonathan K.C. Knowles

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Debra L. Reed

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Charles A. Sanders

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve an amendment to the Genentech, Inc. 1991 employee stock plan to authorize the sale of an additional 10,000,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of Genentech for the year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

372917104

 

GENZ

Genzyme Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/22/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/31/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gail K. Boudreaux

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Carpenter

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Charles L. Cooney

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard F. Syron

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

A proposal to amend the 2004 equity incentive plan to increase the number of shares of common stock covered by the plan by 2,250,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

A proposal to amend the 2007 director equity plan to specify the automatic grant provisions under the plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

A proposal to ratify the audit committee’s selection of independent auditors for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

375558103

 

GILD

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/8/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/19/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Paul Berg

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John F. Cogan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director James M. Denny

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Carla A. Hills

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John W. Madigan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John C. Martin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gordon E. Moore

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ggayle E. Wilson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP by the audit committee of the board of directors as the independent registered public accounting firm of Gilead for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To approve the proposed amendment to Gilead’s 2004 equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve the amendment to Gilead’s restated certificate of incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Gilead’s common stock from 1,400,000,000 to 2,800,000,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

422211102

 

HLEX

Healthextras, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/3/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/4/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director David T. Blair

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Daniel J. Houston

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kenneth A. Samet

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

The ratification of the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants of Healthextras, Inc. for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

436440101

 

HOLX

Hologix, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

3/11/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

1/18/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director John W. Cumming

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Patrick J. Sullivan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David R. Lavance, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Nancy L. Leaming

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Lawrence M. Levy

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Glenn P. Muir

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Elaine S. Ullian

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Daniel J. Levangie

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Sally W. Crawford

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director C. William McDaniel

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Wayne Wilson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Proposal to amend the Hologic’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 300,000 shares to 750,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Proposal to approve the Hologic, Inc. 2008 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Proposal to approve the Hologic, Inc. 2008 equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

To approve the adjournment of the annual meeting, including, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the foregoing proposals, as described in the accompanying proxy statement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

45168D104

 

IDXX

Idexx Laboratories, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/7/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/10/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Thomas Craig

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Errol B. Desouza, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director R.M. Henderson, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Adoption of Idexx Laboratories, Inc. 2008 incentive compensation plan to to approve and adopt the Idexx Laboratories, Inc. 2008 incentive compensation plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

3 

 

Ratification of the appointment of independent registered public accounting  firm; to ratify the selection by the audit committee of the board of directors of  Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting  firm for the current fiscal year 

 

For 

 

Yes 

 

For 

 

Management 

 

457733103

 

ISPH

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

10/31/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

9/19/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

To approve the exchange of shares of our Series A exchangeable preferred stock previously issued and sold to Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, LP pursuant to the terms of the securities pruchase agreement, dated July 17, 2007, and the issuance of shares of our common stock upon the exchange

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

46120E602

 

ISRG

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/18/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/22/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Robert W. Duggan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Floyd D. Loop

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director George Stalk Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

46126P106

 

IMA

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

12/20/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

11/15/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approve an increase to the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001 stock option and incentive plan by 3,000,000, from 8,074,871 to 11,074,871

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

46126P106

 

IMA

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/12/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/15/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director John F. Levy

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jerry McAleer, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John A. Quelch

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approve an amendment to Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock by 50,000,000, from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

3

 

Approve an increase to the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001 employee stock purchase plan by 500,000, from 500,000 to 1,000,000

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Approve our ability to issue as many shares of common stock as may be required to allow for the full conversion of our proposed Series B convertible perpetual preferred stock (“Series B preferred stock”) and full payment of the dividends on the Series B preferred stock, all in accordance with the terms of the Series B preferred stock

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

5

 

Ratify the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as our independent registered public accountants for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Labcyte Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

2/1/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Omnibus resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

50540R409

 

LH

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

 

Meeting Date:

5/7/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/14/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Thomas P. MacMahon

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kerrii B. Anderson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jean-Luc Belingard

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David P. King

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Wendy E. Lane

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCH

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Bradford T. Smith

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director M. Keith Weikel, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director R. Sanders Williams, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the company’s management incentive bonus plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To approve the company’s 2008 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve an amendment to the 1997 employee stock purchase plan to extend the termination date of the plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

To ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Magellan Biosciences, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

11/6/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

572901106

 

MATK

Martek Biosciences Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

3/13/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

1/17/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Harry J. D’Andrea

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Polly B. Kawalek

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jerome C. Keller

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Douglas J. MacMaster, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert H. Mayer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Eugene H. Rotberg

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

574795100

 

MASI

Masimo Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/5/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/18/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director S.J. Barker, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Sanford Fitch

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Masimo Laboratories, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

10/10/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Adoption of stock incentive plan

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

583916101

 

MEDX

Medarex, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/15/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/21/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director P.M. Danzon, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert C. Dinerstein

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Howard H. Pien

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Marc Rubin, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

The amendment and restatement of Medarex’s 2005 equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

3

 

The ratification of the appointment by the audit committee of the board of directors of Ernst & Young LLP as Medarex’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

58405U102

 

MHS

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/22/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/26/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director John L. Cassis

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michael Goldstein

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Blenda J. Wilson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the 2008 fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of proposed amendment to the company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the company’s common stock from 1,000,000 shares to 2,000,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Shareholder proposal regarding executive compensation

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 


 

584668105

 

MDCO

Medicines Company

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/29/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/11/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Hugin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Clive A. Meanwell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Elizabeth H.S. Wyatt

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approve the amended and restated 2004 stock incentive plan, which amends section 4 of the 2004 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

585081102

 

MDWV

Medwave, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

12/4/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

10/31/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

To approve the plan of liquidation and dissolution of Medwave, Inc.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

587188103

 

MNT

Mentor Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

9/17/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

7/19/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Michael L. Emmons

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Walter W. Faster

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Margaret H. Jordan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joshua H. Levine

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kathareine S. Napier

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Burt E. Rosen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ronald J. Rossi

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph E. Whitters

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve an amendment to the company’s restated articles of incoporation to increase the total number of shares of authorized capital stock and to provide for the issuance of preferred stock in one or more series.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

589331107

 

MRK

Merck & Co., Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/22/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/25/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Richard T. Clark

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Steven F. Goldstone

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Harry R. Jacobson, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William N. Kelley, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Samuel O. Their, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Peter C. Wendell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Stockholder proposal concerning management compensation

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

4

 

Stockholder proposal concerning an advisory vote on executive compensation

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

5

 

Stockholder proposal concerning special shareholder meetings

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

6

 

Stockholder proposal concerning an independent lead director

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

 


 

60877T100

 

MNTA

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/4/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/14/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Alan L. Crane

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Peter Barton Hutt

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Marsha H. Fanucci

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the selection by the audit committee of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

628530107

 

MYL

Mylan Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/25/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/25/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Milan Puskar

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Coury

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Wendy Cameron

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Neil Dimick, CPA

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director D.J. Leech, CPA

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph C. Maroon, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director N. Prasad

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Rodney L. Piatt, CPA

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director C.B. Todd

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director R.L. Vanderveen, Ph.D., RPH

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approve an amendment to the 2003 long term incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3 

 

Ratify appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered  public accounting firm 

 

For 

 

Yes 

 

For 

 

Management

 

654798503

 

NTMD

Nitromed, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/14/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/4/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Argeris N. Karabelas, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kenneth M. Bate

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert S. Cohen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Frank L. Douglas, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Zola Horovitz, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Mark Leschly

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John W. Littlechild

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph Loscalzo, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Davey S. Scoon

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Christopher J. Sobecki

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment by the audit committee of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting frim for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

681989109

 

OMRI

Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/15/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/26/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Larry Ellberger

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Bernard Horowitz, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Pamela W. McNamara

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kevin Rakin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Philippe Romagnoli

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Steven St. Peter, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert Taub

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

The ratification of the selection by the board of Kost Ferer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as Omrix’ independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

671040103

 

OSIP

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/11/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/21/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Robert A. Ingram

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Colin Goddard, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Santo J. Costa

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Daryl K. Granner, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Joseph Klein, III

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kenneth B. Lee, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Viren Mehta

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David W. Niemiec

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director H.M. Pinedo, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Katharine B. Stevenson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John P. White

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the corporation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

709754105

 

PPCO

Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/11/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/23/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Christophe Bianchi

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Peter F. Drake

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director David P. Meeker

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Anne M. VanLent

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director W. James O’Shea

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the current fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of the proposed Amendment to the Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

714046109

 

PKI

PerkinElmer, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/22/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/25/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Robert F. Friel

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Nicholas A. Lopardo

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Alexis P. Michas

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director James C. Mullen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Dr. Vicki L. Sato

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gabriel Schmergel

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kenton J. Sicchitano

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Patrick J. Sullivan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gregory L. Summe

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director G. Robert Tod

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as PerkinElmer’s independent auditors for the current fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

717124101

 

PPDI

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/21/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/20/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Stuart Bondurant, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director F.N. Eshelman, Pharm.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Frederick Frank

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director General David L. Grange

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Catherine M. Klema

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Terry Magnuson, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ernest Mario, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director John A. McNeill, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

71721R406

 

PFWD

Phase Forward Incorporated

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/30/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/20/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Robert K. Weiler

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Paul A. Bleicher

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Axel Bichara

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director James I. Cash, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard A. D’Amore

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gary E. Haroian

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Kenneth I. Kaitin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Dennis R. Shaughnessy

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

PHT Corporation

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

1/15/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of a loan modification agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

PHT Corporation

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

6/26/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of a loan modification agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

74834L100

 

DGX

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/16/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/18/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director William F. Buehler

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Rosanne Haggerty

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director D.C. Stanzione, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Raven biotechnologies, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

6/26/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of financing

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Waiver of rights of first offer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

82481R106

 

SHPGY

Shire Plc

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/9/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

4/10/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approve the proposed scheme of arrangement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Approve the scheme of arrangement and related matters

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approve the reduction of capital of Shire Limited

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approve the adoption by Shire Limited of the Shire Sharesave scheme and to approve the authorization given to the directors of Shire Limited in relation thereto

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve the adoption by Shire Limited of the Shire employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

To approve the adoption by Shire Limited of part A of the Shire portfolio share plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

6

 

To approve the adoption by Shire Limited of part B of the Shrie portfolio share plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

N/A

 

N/A

Songbird Hearing, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

7/19/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of stock conversion

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

2

 

Approval of revese stock split

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

3

 

Approval of filing amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

4

 

Approval of termination of existing purchase agreement, stockholder agreement and registration rights agreement

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

5

 

Approval of equity incentive plan

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

863667101

 

SYK

Stryker Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/23/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/29/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director John W. Brown

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Howard E. Cox, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Donald M. Engelman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Jerome H. Grossman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Louise L. Fancesconi

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Stephen P. Macmillan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William U. Parfet

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Ronda E. Stryker

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of the 2008 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

881624209

 

TEVA

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

 

Meeting Date:

7/17/2007

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

6/11/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

To receive and discuss the company’s consolidated balance sheet, all as more fully described in the proxy statement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To approve the board of directors’ reccomendation that the cash dividend for the year ended December 31, 2006, which was paid in four installments and aggregated NIS 1/36 (approximately US$0.31) per ordinary share (or ADR), be declared final

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To elect Abraham E. Cohen as a director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To elect Prof. Roger D. Kornberg as a director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To elect Prof. Moshe Many as a director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

To elect Dan Propper as a director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To approve the purchase of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the directors and officers of the company and its subsidiaries, all as fully described in the proxy statement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

To appoint Kesselman, a member of Pricewaterhousecoopers International, Ltd., as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm until the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders and to authorize the audit committee to determine their compensation and the board of directors to ratify such determination

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

881624209

 

TEVA

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

 

Meeting Date:

6/29/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

5/22/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1 

 

To receive and discuss the company’s consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of income for the year then ended 

 

For 

 

 Yes 

 

For 

 

Management 

2

 

Approve board’s recommendation that cash dividend for the year ended December 31, 2007, which was paid in four installments and aggregated NIS 1.60 per ordinary share, be declared final

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Elect Director Eli Hurvitz for a three year term

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Elect Director Ruth Cheshin for a three year term

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Elect Director Harold Snyder for a three year term

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Elect Director Joseph (Yosi) Nitzani for a three year term

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Elect Director Ory Slonim for a three year term

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

To appoint Dr. Leora (Rubin) Meridor as a statutory independent director for an additional term of three years

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Approve purchase of liability insurance for directors, officers of the company and its subsidiaries

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

6

 

To approve an increase in the per meeting cash renumeration paid to the directors to NIS 7,226 and in certain cases, NIS 10,839

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

7

 

Approve 2008 employee stock purchase plan for US employees

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

8

 

To approve Kesselman & Kesselman, as indpendent registered public accounting firm and to determine their compensation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

883556102

 

TMO

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/20/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/28/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Scott M. Sperling

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Bruce L. Koepfgen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michael E. Porter

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval and adoption of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2008 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval and adopation of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2008 annual incentive award plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Ratification of selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as independent auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

TherOx, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

1/2/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Authorization of amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of financing

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Approval of increase in shares under stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Waiver of first offer for issuance of shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Omnibus resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

91324P102

 

UNH

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/5/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/9/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director William C. Ballard, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Richard T. Burke

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Darretta

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Stephen J. Hemsley

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Michele J. Hooper

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Glenn M. Renwick

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of the material terms for payment of executive incentive compensation

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

3

 

Approval of the amendment to the UnitedHealth Group 1993 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for period ending December 31, 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Shareholder proposal concerning advisory vote on executive compensation

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

6

 

Shareholder proposal concerning performance vesting shares

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

 

91307C102

 

UTHR

United Therapeutics Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/29/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/7/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Raymond Dwek

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Roger Jeffs

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Christopher Patusky

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of the 2008 United Therapeutics Corporation equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

3

 

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as United Therapeutics Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

94973V107

 

WLP

Wellpoint, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/21/2008

 

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/17/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Elect Director Angela F. Braly

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William H.T. Bush

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Warren Y. Jobe

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William G. Mays

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director Senator D.W. Riegle, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

1

 

Elect Director William J. Ryan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the registered public accounting firm for the company for 2008

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Shareholder proposal concerning an advisory resolution on compensation of named executive officers

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

 

N/A

 

N/A

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

11/19/2007

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Issuance of securities

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Waiver of rights of first refusal

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Consent to effectiveness

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

2/29/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Issuance of securities

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Amendment of certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Waiver of rights of first refusal

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

N/A

 

N/A

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

5/21/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of change in payments

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Authorization of officers

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

5/16/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Approval of merger agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

N/A

 

N/A

Xoft, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

6/17/2008

 

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

1

 

Amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

2

 

Approval of stock plan changes

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

3

 

Waiver of right of first refusal

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

4

 

Election of director

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

5

 

Omnibus resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)

H&Q Healthcare Investors

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

 

 

 

(Daniel Omstead, President)

 

/s/ Daniel Omstead

 

Date

8/29/08

 

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

 

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