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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)

 

30 Rowes Wharf,   Boston, MA

 

02110

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Carolyn Haley
H&Q Healthcare Investors
30 Rowes Wharf, Boston MA 02110
(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:  7/1/06-6/30/07

 

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, 2006 to June 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP

 

Symbol

Company Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

004225108

 

ACAD

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/15/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/16/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Gordon Binder

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Leslie L. Iversen

 

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, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

Agensys, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

6/29/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approval of amended and restated articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Disclosure of interested parties in stock financing

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Waiver of notice and right of first refusal

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

009728106

 

AKRX

Akorn, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/24/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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 BDO Seidman, LLP to serve as Akorn’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

1


 

016255101

 

ALGN

Align Technology, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/23/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director H. Kent Bowen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David E. Collins

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Joseph Lacob

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director C. Raymond Larking, 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 Pricewatershousecoopers LLP as Algin Technology, Inc.’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year dending December 31, 2007.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

018490102

 

AGN

Allergan, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/1/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/14/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael R. Gallagher

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gavin S. Herbert

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Stephen J. Ryan, MD

 

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 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

01988P108

 

MDRX

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/19/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/23/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert A. Compton

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael J. Kluger

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director John P. McConnell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of the amendment to the Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. amended and restated 1993 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent accountants for 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

2


 

02744M108

 

AMMD

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/30/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/2/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Martin J. Emerson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Albert Jay Graf

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert Mclellan, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for 2007.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

031162100

 

AMGN

Amgen, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/9/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Jerry D. Choate

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Frank C. Herringer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gilbert S. Omenn

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve the amendments to the company’s restated certificate of incorporation eliminating the classification of the board of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To approve the amendments to the company’s amended and restated bylaws eliminating the classification of the board of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

Shareholder proposal #1 on animal welfare policy

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

6

 

Shareholder proposal #2 on sustainability report

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

 

032346108

 

AMLN

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/23/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Steven R. Altman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Teresa Beck

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Daniel M. Bradbury

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Joseph C. Cook, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Karin Eastham

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director James R. Gavin III

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Ginger L. Graham

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Howard E. Greene, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

3


 

1

 

Elect Director Jay S. Skyler

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director James N. Wilson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve an increase of 250,000 shares in the aggregate number of shares of the company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve an increase of 1,000,000 shares in the aggregate number of shares of the company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the company’s 2001 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of the company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

04538T109

 

ASPV

Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation

 

Meeting Date:

5/31/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual and Special

Record Date:

4/19/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Richard M. Glickman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Noel F. Hall

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Kirk K. Calhoun

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Ronald M. Hunter

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William L. Hunter

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Julia G. Levy

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director R. Hector Mackay-Dunn

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director George M. Milne

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Arnold L. Oronsky

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as our auditor and independent registered public accounting firm for the ensuing year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To amend the Aspreva 2002 incentive stock option plan to increase from 4,031,000 to 5,281,000 common shares in respect of which awards may be granted thereunder

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To amend the Aspreva 2002 incentive stock option plan to (I) comply with recent policies of the Toronto stock exchange: (II) premit the award to tandem stock

appreciation rights, restricted stock units and deferred stock units: and (III) certain other changes

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting, or any adjournments or postponements thereof

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

4


 

05346P106

 

AVRX

Avalon Pharmacetucals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/7/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/20/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director K.C. Carter, 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 Ivor Royston, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William A. Scott, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director A.G. Walton, Ph.D., D.Sc.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William H. Washecka

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2 

 

To approve the amendment of the company’s 2005 omnibus long-term incentive plan (the “incentive plan”) to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the incentive plan from 1,581,582 shares to 2,381,582 shares

 

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 December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

05365U101

 

AVTQY

Aveta Inc. 144A

 

 

Meeting Date:

10/20/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

9/19/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Christina Foglio

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

elect Director George Zoffinger

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve the Aveta Inc. amended and restated 2005 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

068306109

 

BRL

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

11/9/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

9/15/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Bruce L. Downey

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Paul M. Bisaro

 

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

 

Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent auditor of the company for the six month period ending Decmeber 31, 2006

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

5


 

068306109

 

BRL

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/17/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Bruce L. Downey

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Paul M. Bisaro

 

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 ending December 31, 2007.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve the Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2007 stock and incentive award plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To approve the Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2007 executive officer incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

06850R108

 

BTRX

Barrier Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/6/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/16/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director S. Akkaraju, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert E. Campbell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Geert Cauwenbergh, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2 

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

09062X103

 

BIIB

Biogen Idec, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/31/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/13/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director James C. Mullen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Bruce R. Ross

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Marijn E. Dekkers

 

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, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

6


 

 

 

 

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/21/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approve financing; articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Waiver of rights of first offer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Additional filings

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Ratification; general authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

1/11/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Increase in share reserve under equity incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of amendment and restatement of articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

General authorizing resolution; ratification of past acts

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

CardioNet, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approval of financing

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of amendment and restatement of articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of additional filings

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

General authorizing resolution

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

151020104

 

CELG

Celgene Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/12/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/26/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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

 

 

7


 

1

 

Elect Director Richard C.E. Morgan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Walter L. Robb, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

156708109

 

CEPH

Cephalon, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/17/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/22/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Frank Bladino, Jr., Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William P. Egan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Martyn D. Greenacre

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Vaughn M. Kailian

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Kevin E. Moley

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Charles A. Sanders, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Dennis L. Winger

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of amendment to the certificate of incorporation increasing the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of amendment to the 2004 equity compensation plan increasing the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Ratification of appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

N/A

 

N/A

Ceres, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/31/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/26/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Walter De Logi

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Pascal Brandys

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Frank Bulens

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Raymond Debbane

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert Goldberg

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Richard Hamilton

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Thomas Kiley

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Edmund Olivier

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Floris Vansina

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent public accountants

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

8


 

 

 

 

Ceres, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

5/8/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Election of Directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

Concentric Medical, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/30/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Appointment of Secretary and Assistant Secretary

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Omnibus resolutions

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

208264101

 

CONR

Conor Medsystems, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

1/31/2007

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

12/15/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

To adopt the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 16, 2006, by and among Conor Medsystems, Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Cypress Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into Conor Medsystems all as more fully described in the proxy statement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve the postponement or adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to adopt the merger agreement.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

Corus Pharma, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

8/30/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approval of benefits to employee

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

222083107

 

CGRB

Cougar Biotechnology, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/11/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/23/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Arie S. Belldegrun, MD, FACS

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Alan H. Auerbach

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Lindsay A. Rosenwald, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

9


 

1

 

Elect Director Harold J. Meyers

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael S. Richman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Russell H. Ellison, MD, MSC

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Proposal to ratify the appointment of JH Cohn LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Proposal to ratify an amendment to the company’s 2003 stock option plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

229678107

 

CBST

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/7/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael W. Bonney

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Walter R. Maupay, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Sylvie Gregoire

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

A proposal to amend our restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000 shares to 150,000,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

A proposal to amend our amended and restated 1997 employee stock purchase plan to extend the plan for an additional ten years and increase the number of shares issuable under the plan by 250,000

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

A proposal to amend our amended and restated 2002 directors’ equity incentive plan to allow for the issuance of stock awards and to increase the number of shares issuable under the plan by 300,000

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

A proposal to ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as our independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

259858108

 

DOVP

DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/11/2007

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

4/2/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approve an amendment to DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s fourth amended and restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock by 200,000,000, from 60,000,000 to 260,000,000, together with a corresponding increase in the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 66,905,000 to 266,905,000

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

10


 

23325G104

 

DJO

DJO, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/4/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/18/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Jack R. Blair

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Mitchell J. Blutt, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director W. Thomas Mitchell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve an amendment to the company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock from 39,000,000 to 79,000,000 shares

 

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 December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

29076V109

 

EMAG

Emageon, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/24/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/25/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Mylle H. Mangum

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Hugh H. Williamson, III

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

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

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

290849108

 

HLTH

Emdeon Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

9/12/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

7/25/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Paul A. Brooke

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director James V. Manning

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Martin J. Wygod

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve an amendment to Emdeon’s 2000 long-term incentive plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to serve as Emdeon’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

11


 

30161Q104

 

EXEL

Exelixis, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/1/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/5/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Alan M. Garber

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Vincent T. Marchesi

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Carl B. Feldbaum

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Exelixis’ independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

345838106

 

FRX

Forest Laboratories, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

8/7/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

6/20/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Howard Solomon

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Nesli Basgoz, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William J. Candee, III

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director George S. Cohan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Dan L. Goldwasser

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Kenneth E. Goodman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Lester B. Salans, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of BDO Seidman, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

368710406

 

DNA

Genentech, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

4/20/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/20/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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 ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registrered public accounting firm of Genentech for the year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

12


 

372917104

 

GENZ

Genzyme Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/24/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gail K. Boureaux

 

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 3,500,000 shares and to merge our 1997 equity incentive plan into the 2004 plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

A proposal to approve the 2007 director equity plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

A proposal to amend the 1999 employee stock purchase plan to increase the number of shares of common stock covered by the plan by 1,500,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

A proposal to amend our bylaws to provide for majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

6

 

A proposal to ratify the selection of independent auditors for 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

7

 

A shareholder proposal that executive severance agreements be approved by shareholders

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

 

 

375558103

 

GILD

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/9/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/22/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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 Gayle 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, 2007

 

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 proposed amendment to Gilead’s employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

13


 

422211102

 

HLEX

Healthextras, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/5/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/13/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Thomas L. Blair

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William E. Brock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Edward S. Civera

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of the Healthextras, Inc. management non-equity incentive compensation plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

The ratification of the appointment of Pricewatershousecoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants of Healthextras, Inc. for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

45166R204

 

IDIX

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/31/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/5/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director J-P Sommadossi, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Charles W. Cramb

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Thomas Ebeling

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director W.T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Thomas Hodgson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Norman C. Payson, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert E. Pelzer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director D. Pollard-Knight, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Pamela Thomas-Graham

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve an amendment to the company’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 to 125,000,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

 

 

3

 

To approve an amendment to the company’s 2005 stock incentive plan increasing the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 3,000,000 shares to 6,000,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

 

 

4

 

To ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

 

 

 

14


 

45168D104

 

IDXX

Idexx Laboratories, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/9/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/16/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Jonathan W. Ayers

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Murray

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Amendment to Idexx Laboratories, Inc. 2003 stock incentive plan. To approve and adopt a proposed amendment to our 2003 stock incentive plan to increase the number of shares authorized under the plan from 1,850,000 to 3,150,000 shares.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm. To ratify the selection by the audit committee of the board of directors of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

45245W109

 

IMCL

Imclone Systems Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

9/20/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

8/15/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Andrew G. Bodnar

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William W. Crouse

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Alexander J. Denner

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Vincent T. Devita, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director John A. Fazio

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Joseph L. Fischer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Carl C. Icahn

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David M. Kies

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director William R. Miller

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Richard C. Mulligan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David Sidransky

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Charles Woler

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of the Imclone Systems Incorporated 2006 stock incentive plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

457733103

 

ISPH

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/8/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Christy L. Shaffer, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Richard S. Kent, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as out independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of a proposal to ratify and approve our amended and restated 2005 equity compensation plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

 

 

15


 

46126P106

 

IMA

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/17/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/23/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert P. Khederian

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David Scott, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Peter Townsend

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of grant of options under our 2001 stock option and incentive plan to certain executive officers.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

45069D203

 

DMX

Itrax, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/2/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/21/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Haywood D. Cochrane Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Raymond J. Fabius, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Philip D. Green

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gail F. Leiberman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Frank A. Martin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gerald D. Mintz

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David Nash, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Jack A. Smith

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director R. Dixon Thayer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

482740206

 

KV.A

KV Pharmaceutical Company

 

 

Meeting Date:

8/4/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

6/8/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director David S. Hermelin

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Jonathan E. Killmer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gerald R. Mitchell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of engagement of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

16


 

 

Labcyte, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

1/17/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Consent to incurring indebtedness

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

50540R409

 

LH

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/16/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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 R.E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director A.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

 

Ratification of the appointment of Pricewatershousecoopers LLP as Laboratory Coporation of America Holdings’ independent registered public accounting firm for 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

Magellan Biosciences, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

10/26/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

Magellan Biosciences, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

1/31/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Sale of assets

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of the company’s entry into retention agreements

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

General authorization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17


 

 

Magellan Biosciences, Inc.

 

 

Action by Written Consent:

4/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Purchase of intellectual property assets

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Consent to consulting agreements

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of stock options grant

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

56400P201

 

MNKD

Mannkind Corporation

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/24/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/2/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Alfred E. Mann

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Hakan S. Edstrom

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Barry E. Cohen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Ronald J. Consiglio

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael A. Friedman, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Heather May Murren

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Kent Kresa

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David H. Maccallum

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Henry L. Nordhoff

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 90 million to 150 million

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

583916101

 

MEDX

Medarex, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/17/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/5/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Abhijeet J. Lele

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Irwin Lerner

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Julius A. Vida

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director R.C. Dinerstein

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

The ratification of the selection by the board of Ernst & Young LLP as Medarex’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

18


 

58405K104

 

MDHC

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/24/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/29/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Howard W. Barker, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David B. Snow, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To amend the company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation to provide for the phase-in of the annual election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve the 2003 employee stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

584690309

 

MRX

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation

 

Meeting Date:

5/22/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Jonah Shacknai

 

For

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael A. Pietrangelo

 

For

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Lottie H. Shackelford

 

For

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of amendment to No. 3 to the Medicis 2006 incentive award plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

Abstain

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of Medicis for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Management

 

 

585055106

 

MDT

Medtronic, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

8/24/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

6/26/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Richard H. Anderson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael R. Bonsignore

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert C. Pozen

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gordon M. Sprenger

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopoers LLP as Medtronic’s independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal entitled “director election majority vote standard proposal”

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

 

19


 

585081102

 

MDWV

Medwave, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

3/19/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/14/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director William D. Corneliuson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

552880106

 

MOGN

MGI Pharma, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

5/8/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director James O. Armitage, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Andrew J. Ferrara

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Edward W. Mehrer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Hugh E. Miller

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Dean J. Mitchell

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Leon O. Moulder, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director David B. Sharrock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Waneta C. Tuttle, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Arthur L. Weaver, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

60877T100

 

MNTA

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

6/13/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/19/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Peter Barrett

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Ram Sasisekharan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Bennett M. Shapiro

 

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, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

62855J104

 

MYGN

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

 

 

Meeting Date:

11/16/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

9/29/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert S. Attiyeh

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director John T. Henderson, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Proposal to amend the 2003 employee, director and consultant stock option plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

 

3

 

Proposal to amend the employee stock purchase plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance thereunder by 400,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Management

 

4

 

Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

20


 

636918302

 

NMHC

National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

4/17/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/16/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director James Smith

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Paul J. Konigsberg

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Steven B. Klinsky

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director G. Harry Durity

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert R. Grusky

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Daniel B. Hebert

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gerald Angowitz

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael B. Ajouz

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michael T. Flaherman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Thomas W. Erickson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of engagement of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

654798503

 

NTMD

Nitromed, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/25/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/4/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director A.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 F.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 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, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

21


 

 

OmniSonics Medical Technologies, Inc.

 

Action by Written Consent:

7/10/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Election of Directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

69329Y104

 

PDLI

PDL Biopharma, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

6/20/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/23/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Laurence J. Korn, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Samuel Broder, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2 

 

To approve an amendment to the company’s 2005 equity incentive plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under  the plan by 2,900,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve an amendment to the company’s 1993 employee stock purchase plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 500,000 shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

714046109

 

PKI

Perkinelmer, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

4/24/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

2/26/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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

 

 

22


 

1

 

Elect Director Gregory L. Summe

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director G. Robert Tod

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

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

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve amendments to the company’s articles of organization and by-laws to require a majority vote for uncontested election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Shareholder proposal to request that the company’s board of directors establish a pay-for-superior-performance standard in the company’s executive compensation plan for senior executives. The board of directors recommend a vote against proposal 4.

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

 

717124101

 

PPDI

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/16/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/21/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Stuart Bondurant, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Frederick Frank

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Terry Mangusson, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

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

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director General David L. Grange

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Ernest Mario, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Marye Anne Fox, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Catherine M. Klema

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director John A. Mcneill, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

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

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

PHT Corporation

 

Action by Written Consent:

1/31/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approval of the Corporation entering into an agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of the Coporation entering into an equipement arrangement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

PHT Corporation

 

Action by Written Consent:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Resignation and election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

General authorization

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

23


 

743187106

 

PGNX

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

6/11/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Kurt W. Briner

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Paul F. Jacobson

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Charles A. Baker

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Mark F. Dalton

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director PJ Maddon, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director DA Scheinberg, MD, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Nicole S. Williams

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of amendments to the 1998 employee stock purchase plan and the 1998 non-qualified employee stock purchase plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder to 1,600,000 and 500,000 respectively, and to make certain other changes to the terms of the plans

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of an amendment to the 2005 stock incentive plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder to 3,950,000 and to make certain other changes to the terms of the plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Ratification of the selection of Pricewatershousecoopers LLP to serve as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

Authority to vote in their discretion on such other business as may properly come before the meeting

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

74834L100

 

DGX

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

 

Meeting Date:

5/8/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/12/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director John C. Baldwin, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Managememt

 

1

 

Elect Director Surya N. Mohapatra, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Managememt

 

1

 

Elect Director Gary M. Pfeiffer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Managememt

 

2

 

Proposal to ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2007.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Managememt

 

 

24


 

806605101

 

SGP

Schering-Plough Corporation

 

Meeting Date:

5/19/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/20/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Hans W. Becherer

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Thomas J. Colligan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Fred Hassan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director C. Robert Kidder

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Philip Leder, MD

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Eugene R. McGrath

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Carl E. Mundy, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Antonio M. Perez

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Patricia F. Russo

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Jack L. Stahl

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Kathryn C. Turner

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert F.W. Van Oordt

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Arthur F. Weinbach

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratify the designation of Deloitte & Touche LLP to audit the books and accounts for 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Approve amendments to the certificate of incorporation and by-laws to reduce shareholder supermajority vote requirements to a majority vote

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Approve an amendment to the certificate of incoporation to elect directors by a majority vote rather than a plurality vote

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

Shareholder proposal relating to equity grants

 

Against

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

 

82481R106

 

SHPGY

Shire plc

 

Meeting Date:

4/16/2007

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

3/26/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

To approve the acquisition by the Company of New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and approve the increase in the borrowing limits of the Company.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

25


 

82481R106

 

SHPGY

Shire plc

 

Meeting Date:

6/20/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

-

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

To receive the directors’ report and accounts for the year ended December 31 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To re-elect Director Dr. James Henry Cavanaugh

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To re-elect Director Dr. Barry John Price

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To elect Director Ms. Kathleen Anne Nealon

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

To elect Director Dr. Jeffrey Marc Leiden

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

6

 

To re-elect Director Mr. Matthew William Emmens

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

7

 

To re-elect Director Mr. David John Kappler

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

8

 

To re-elect Director Mr. Patrick Langlois

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

9

 

To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors of the company

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

10

 

To authorize the Audit Committee to determine the renumberation of the auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

11

 

To approve the directors’ renumeration report for the year ended December 31, 2006

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

12

 

To authorize the allotment of shares

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

13

 

To authorize the disapplication of pre-emption rights

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

14

 

To authorize market purchases

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

15

 

To authorize donations to EU political organizations and the incurring of EU political expenditure

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

16

 

To approve the rules of the 2007 Shire plc employee stock purchase plan and to authorize the directors to make modifications and establish further plans

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

871546206

 

SMA

Symmetry Medical, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/3/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/19/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director James S. Burns

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

TargeGen, Inc.

 

Action by Written Consent:

5/8/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approval of issuance of stock

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of amended and restated articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Amendment to stock option plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

M8737E108

 

TARO

Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

 

Meeting Date:

7/27/2006

Meeting Type:

Extraordinary

Record Date:

6/21/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Haim Fainaro

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Ben Zion Hod

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

26


 

M8737E108

 

TARO

Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

 

Meeting Date:

12/6/2006

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

10/27/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Heather Douglas

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Micha Friedman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Eric Johnston

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Gad Keren

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Barrie Levitt

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Tal Levitt

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Daniel Moros

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Myron Strober

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Reappoint Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm and authorize the audit committee to fix the renumeration of said independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

88078L105

 

TRCA

Tercica, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

10/12/2006

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

8/28/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

To approve the issuance of securities to Ipsen, S.A. or its designated affiliate in connection with the transactions contemplated by the stock purchase and master transaction agreement, dated July 18, 2006, between Tercica and Ipsen S.A., as described in the accompanying proxy statement.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve the amendments to Tercica’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, as described in the accompanying proxy statement.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To approve additional amendments to Tercica’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as described in the accompany proxy statement.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

To approve the adoption by Tercica of a rights agreement implementing a stockholder rights plan, as described in the accompanying proxy statement.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

881624209

 

TEVA

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries ADR

 

Meeting Date:

10/5/2006

Meeting Type:

Special

Record Date:

8/29/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

To approve the remuneration of Mr. Eli Hurvitz in his capacity of chairman of the board of Teva, in an amount of the NIS equivalent of $300,000 per annum plus VAT, to be adjusted by the increase of the Israeli consumer price index, together with an office and secretarial and car services. Such remuneration is to be effective as of July 3, 2006.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve the remuneration of Dr. Phillip Frost in his capacity as vice chairman of the board of Teva and chairman of the board’s science and technology committee, in an amount of the NIS equivalent of $275,000 per annum plus VAT, to be adjusted by the increase of the Israeli consumer price index. Such remuneration is to be effective as of July 3, 2006.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

27


 

883556102

 

TMO

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/15/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/29/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Marijn E. Dekkers

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval and adoption of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2007 employees’ stock purchase plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratification of selection of independent auditors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

91324P102

 

UNH

Unitedhealth Group Incorporated

 

Meeting Date:

5/29/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/9/2007

 

 

 

#

 

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 Stephen J. Hemsley

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Robert J. Darretta

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Amendment to articles of incorporation requiring a majority vote for election of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Amendment to articles of incorporation and bylaws providing for the annual election of all members of the board of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Amendment to articles of incorporation and bylaws to eliminate supermajority provisions for the removal of directors

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

Amendment to articles of incorporation to eliminate supermajority provisions relating to certain business combinations

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

6

 

Adoption of restated articles of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

7

 

Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2007

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

28


 

8

 

Shareholder proposal concerning performance-vesting shares

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

 

9

 

Shareholder proposal concerning supplemental executive retirement plan

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

 

10

 

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

 

For

 

Yes

 

Against

 

Shareholder

 

11

 

Shareholder proposal relating to shareholder nominees for election to Unitedhealth Group’s barod of directors

 

Against

 

Yes

 

For

 

Shareholder

 

 

928566108

 

VNUS

VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/18/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

4/2/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director W. James Fitzsimmons

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Brian E. Farley

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

942683103

 

WPI

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/4/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/16/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Dr. Allen Chao

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Michel J. Feldman

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Fred G. Weiss

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of the second amendment and restatement of the 2001 incentive award plan of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Ratification of the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2007 fiscal year

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

94973V107

 

WLP

WellPoint, Inc.

 

Meeting Date:

5/16/2007

Meeting Type:

Annual

Record Date:

3/15/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Elect Director Sheila P. Burke

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Victor S. Liss

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Jane G. Pisano, Ph.D.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director George A. Schaefer, Jr.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director Jackie M. Ward

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

1

 

Elect Director John E. Zuccotti

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

To approve majority voting for the election of directors in non-contested elections

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the company for 2007.

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

29


 

 

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Action by Written Consent:

11/6/2006

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Issuance of securities

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

2

 

Amendment of certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

3

 

Waiver of rights of first refusal

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

4

 

Approval of new purchasers

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

5

 

Adoption of employee perfomance incentive plan

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

 

 

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Action by Written Consent:

4/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Amendment to certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

2

 

Issuance of securities

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

3

 

Waiver of rights of first refusal

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

4

 

Amendment to stockholders’ agreement

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

5

 

Approval of officers of Company with power of attorney

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

6

 

Amendment to stock option plan

 

For

 

Yes

 

For

 

Management

 

 

 

Xoft, Inc.

 

Action by Written Consent:

3/30/2007

 

 

 

#

 

Proposal

 

Mgt. Recommends

 

Voted

 

Vote Cast

 

Sponsor

 

1

 

Approval of amended and restated certificate of incorporation

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

2

 

Approval of financing

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

3

 

Approval of financing documents

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

4

 

Approval of changes to stock plan

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

5

 

Appointment of Director

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

6

 

Approval of indemnification of agreements

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

7

 

Approval of issuance of warrants

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

8

 

Approval of omnibus resolution

 

For

 

No

 

None

 

Management

 

 

30


 

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

 8/24/07

 

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