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INVESTMENT FUND VOTES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN SHAREHOLDER-SPONSORED RESOLUTIONS

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The analysis summarized in the table below covers over 295,000 fund voting decisions on the 1,880 unique CG resolutions appearing in US public company proxy documents over four years and reported on in public documents filed with the SEC.
Columns headed '#' show number of unique resolutions voted on.
Columns headed '%' show the percent support for those resolutions.


#	FUND FAMILY	2004		2005		2006		2007
		#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%

1	ABN AMRO	349	34.96	280	40.00	322	50.00	0
2	AEGON	3503	35.43	2558	48.87	1272	54.56	1390	45.76
3	AIM	1672	28.53	1404	28.42	1466	51.16	1462	53.28
4	ALLIANCE (BERNSTEIN)	903	43.41	877	44.24	966	45.96	985	21.32
5	ALLIANZ	1042	35.41	517	41.20	714	55.32	847	44.86
6	AMERICAN	618	32.52	639	43.97	535	37.57	821	20.22
7	AMERICAN CENTURY	2484	47.87	2114	43.61	2648	30.25	3373	26.98
8	AMERIPRISE/AXP	1887	28.40	1530	37.06	2181	39.39	2184	35.39
9	AMERISTOCK	85	20.00	61	16.39	80	10.00	0
10	AMERITAS	532	32.33	430	34.19	449	31.85	510	35.10
11	AMIDEX	1	0.00	0		20	0.00	0
12	ARIEL^SRI	65	50.77	17	47.06	44	34.09	0
13	ARTISAN	53	56.60	44	31.82	20	50.00	54	42.59
14	BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS	1872	47.28	275	33.45	336	38.69	365	24.38
15	BEAR STEARNS	129	45.74	0		0		0
16	BERKSHIRE	4	0.00	4	25.00	3	66.67	8	0.00
17	BLACKROCK	422	43.84	529	40.64	807	37.17	671	54.99
18	BRIDGEWAY	338	52.66	360	60.56	433	82.91	540	44.63
19	CALVERT^SRI	569	62.39	413	77.24	610	81.64	602	77.41
20	CAPSTONE	359	43.45	16	25.00	5	60.00	0
21	CATHOLIC FUNDS^Faith	369	59.35	274	78.47	204	73.04	0
22	CITIZENS^SRI	385	89.61	272	91.91	666	90.09	233	83.26
23	COLUMBIA	1196	38.71	906	60.82	1862	69.60	2981	60.65
24	COVENTRY	348	45.40	299	39.46	263	52.85	300	42.00
25	CREDIT SUISSE	272	44.85	232	63.79	478	71.34	0
26	DAVIS	40	35.00	31	35.48	39	23.08	58	15.52
27	DELAWARE	629	50.87	299	65.55	294	73.81	0
28	DODGE & COX	132	34.85	110	21.82	170	22.35	166	21.69
29	DOMINI^SRI	537	70.39	143	79.72	167	71.86	122	68.03
30	DREYFUS	1231	37.45	843	46.03	1053	57.36	1146	56.37
31	ENTERPRISE	788	31.47	403	33.25	61	9.84	63	3.17
32	ETRADE	0		367	68.66	413	76.27	0
33	EXCELSIOR	288	2.08	195	14.87	215	14.42	0
34	FEDERATED	1177	12.83	921	14.22	1014	21.99	1176	21.85
35	FIDELITY	3418	16.85	2702	13.58	3432	10.23	3449	22.76
36	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS (CANADA)^ca	0		0		315	7.62	0
37	FIFTH THIRD	772	52.33	637	64.68	847	72.61	306	72.22
38	FIRST EAGLE	34	32.35	14	57.14	52	48.08	67	67.16
39	FRANK RUSSELL	2196	53.69	1548	68.93	1859	76.71	2005	68.23
40	FRANKLIN	1319	41.47	875	66.63	1397	59.27	1665	48.47
41	GABELLI	444	12.61	345	5.51	0		477	4.61
42	GARTMORE	603	44.61	669	62.18	1861	61.85	2490	64.34
43	GOLDMAN SACHS	1025	49.85	660	65.61	1623	58.72	1788	59.23
44	GREEN CENTURY^SRI	1	100.00	4	100.00	27	92.59	0
45	HARBOR	51	56.86	73	27.40	135	34.07	162	28.40
46	INCOME FUND OF AMERICA	111	33.33	95	46.32	0		0
47	ING	4060	22.76	4847	16.63	6377	20.98	6585	16.86
48	INTEGRITY	96	43.75	66	63.64	87	78.16	94	23.40
49	INVESTMENT CO OF AMERICA	169	33.14	134	45.52	0		0
50	JANUS	2168	36.62	1717	65.58	2322	64.25	2620	67.06
51	JOHN HANCOCK/MIT	2897	40.59	2520	48.61	5013	58.87	2810	51.07
52	JP MORGAN	184	42.39	62	67.74	175	73.14	227	59.91
53	LAZARD	194	45.88	178	64.04	381	68.24	336	52.68
54	LEGG MASON	2064	41.67	1744	54.99	1788	61.69	2098	48.90
55	LIBERTY	139	46.76	122	60.66	115	70.43	0
56	LONGLEAF	19	26.32	14	14.29	18	50.00	0
57	LORD ABBETT	709	22.43	740	31.08	1065	37.56	0
58	MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS	95	13.68	51	13.73	78	28.21	78	24.36
59	MASSMUTUAL	2264	39.36	2388	51.47	2770	53.97	3622	52.21
60	MELLON	431	30.86	380	44.21	121	51.24	556	51.62
61	MERRILL LYNCH	502	26.89	456	42.76	399	44.36	1147	54.40
62	MFS	1667	16.62	919	22.96	1066	31.71	1176	25.34
63	MMA PRAXIS^SRI	163	58.90	141	68.09	186	75.27	190	83.68
64	MORGAN STANLEY	3772	27.31	2589	19.51	3285	46.12	2337	49.85
65	NEUBERGER BERMAN	207	47.83	216	72.69	444	72.30	0
66	NEW ALTERNATIVES	2	100.00	0		0		0
67	NEW RIVER	0		22	22.73	17	70.59	0
68	NUVEEN	206	30.10	156	66.03	237	65.40	0
69	OPPENHEIMER	590	31.69	475	38.11	603	36.65	592	34.12
70	PARNASSUS^SRI	35	57.14	42	71.43	117	79.49	82	86.59
71	PAX^SRI	35	71.43	35	82.86	34	91.18	0
72	PIONEER	610	45.25	521	56.24	791	45.89	843	58.96
73	PUTNAM	789	24.21	561	18.00	773	24.58	916	15.61
74	QUAKER^Faith	112	45.54	23	78.26	139	76.98	0
75	SAFECO	363	49.04	8	100.00	0		0
76	SALOMON	313	43.45	314	51.91	424	62.97	253	40.32
77	SCHRODER	233	48.07	206	62.14	235	75.32	258	73.64
78	SCHWAB	350	56.57	290	73.10	379	76.52	389	72.75
79	SCUDDER	1102	50.09	715	49.09	379	51.19	839	61.26
80	SIERRA CLUB^SRI	17	76.47	26	92.31	0		0
81	STATE STREET	1005	34.83	337	25.52	345	21.16	357	21.85
82	STEWARD^Faith	309	42.72	279	44.09	491	45.01	0
83	STRONG	881	35.30	56	53.57	0		0
84	SWIB^nm	292	61.30	0		204	81.86	42	80.95
85	T ROWE	2718	40.95	2207	58.68	2799	72.17	2738	65.27
86	TEMPLETON	84	61.90	70	77.14	126	45.24	136	43.38
87	TIAA-CREF	2551	52.88	2226	64.42	6810	49.38	2346	49.91
88	TRAVELERS	1068	29.21	1059	34.18	641	38.38	151	33.11
89	TRILLIUM^SRI nm	208	81.25	190	87.89	20	80.00	0
90	VAN KAMPEN	551	21.78	726	13.77	918	47.93	1350	36.07
91	VANGUARD	4458	29.45	3340	27.81	4233	24.00	5094	17.92
92	WALDEN^SRI	75	69.33	55	76.36	64	96.88	100	75.00
93	WELLS FARGO	2517	33.09	4004	59.84	3011	49.45	1473	60.69
94	WINSLOW^SRI	0		0		1	100.00	0

	AVERAGE		41.7%		48.98%		53.09%		45.68%
	SRI AVERAGE		71.61%		79.53%		81.19%		79%
	MS AVERAGE		37.37%		44.44%		48.8%		42.24%

^sri = Socially Responsible Investment Company
^faith = Religious-Values/Faith-Based Investment Company
^ca = Canadian Investment Company
^nm = Not a Registered Investment Company
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