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2011 DATA ADDED Inquire for details. View 2010 Climate Votes on 46 Large Fund Families Mutual Funds' Votes on Executive Compensation Resolutions (posted Oct. 21, 2008) Mutual Funds' Votes on Say-on-Pay at 'Bailout Banks' (posted Oct. 16, 2008) Mini Survey of Mutual Funds' Votes: 2004-2008 (posted Sept. 15, 2008) Compare Governance with Social Responsibility Resolutions (2008) Compare Management with Shareholder Resolutions (2010) Votes on Management Resolutions (2004-2008) Votes on Shareholder Resolutions (2004-2008) Votes on Director Elections (2004-2006) Votes on Corporate Social Responsibility Resolutions (2004-2008) Votes on Corporate Governance Resolutions (2004-2008)   SUPPORT FOR SHAREHOLDER-SPONSORED RESOLUTIONS BY FUND FAMILIES IN 2008 Fund Family % Support for Corporate Governance % Support for Corporate Social Responsibility Unique Resns Voted ADVISORS 250 161 AIM 732 442 ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN 938 597 ALLIANZ 676 499 AMERICAN 741 466 AMERICAN CENTURY 2777 1984 AMERITAS 469 254 ARTISAN 44 29 BLACKROCK 1141 797 BRIDGEWAY 375 252 CALVERT 474 255 CAPSTONE 28 5 CITIZENS 30 32 CREDIT SUISSE 648 443 DAVIS 46 21 DODGE & COX 144 97 DOMINI 110 59 DREYFUS 532 344 DWS (DWS SCUDDER) 1014 674 FEDERATED 1021 678 FIDELITY 1370 745 FIFTH THIRD 309 243 FIRST EAGLE 28 18 FRANKLIN 1142 764 GOLDMAN SACHS 863 528 HARBOR 68 56 ING 6293 3780 JANUS 1960 1224 LEGG MASON 1922 1231 MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS 55 45 MASSMUTUAL 1363 891 MELLON 68 46 MFS 576 426 MMA PRAXIS 272 145 MORGAN STANLEY 3110 1947 OPPENHEIMER 499 376 PARNASSUS 97 58 PHOENIX 2072 1318 PIONEER 570 449 PUTNAM 2675 1738 RIVERSOURCE (AXP) 1950 1172 SCHRODER 190 122 STEWARD 356 178 T ROWE 2275 1482 TEMPLETON 99 49 TIAA-CREF 3387 1651 UBS 463 257 VAN KAMPEN 1055 638 VANGUARD 3351 1686 WELLS FARGO 1137 702   TOPICAL Political advocacy piques shareholders' interest. Investors want to know about direct donations to candidates and hard-to-track contributions to trade groups, Chicago Tribune, Ameet Sachdev, May 18, 2012 Fink Leverages BlackRock’s $3.5 Trillion in Shareholder Push, Bloomberg, Christopher Condon and Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam, January 19, 2012 Federated cryptically votes nay on corporate pay. Ross Kerber, Jan 12, 2012. Support by Mutual Funds for Sustainability Proposals Increases, but is it Happening Quickly Enough? Robert Kropp, Social Funds, November 16, 2011 The mystery of mutual fund proxy votes. Marla Brill, Reuters. November 1, 2011 Study Rates S&P 100 Corporate Political Transparency, Accountability - October 31, 2011. Proxy Voting for Sustainability, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, October 16, 2011 Ceres Report Calls on Investors to Adopt Stronger Proxy Voting Guidelines for Environmental and Social Issues - Sept 22, 2011 Fewer Mutual Funds Voted for Climate Resolutions in 2010 - Robert Kropp, SocialFunds.com, April 11, 2011 New UNCTAD Report: Corporate Governance in the Wake of the Financial Crisis. GovernanceMap - March 1, 2011 As You Sow Proxy Preview 2011, February 2011 2010 AFL-CIO Key Votes Survey, February 2011 Proxy Firms Need More Rules, Companies Say, 30 November 2010 S.E.C. Examines Integrity of Proxy Voting - July 14, 2010 SEC inching closer to giving shareholders new power. Rule could be OK'd in August; empowering investors for 2011 director elections - 10 July 2010 Mutual funds seek to shed 'rubber stamp' tag - 14 May 2010 Activist investors to push back against lax corporate governance - 20 March 2010   USEFUL RESOURCES Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) CorpGov.net: News, links, commentary, and advocacy geared to the active investor Corporate Watchdog Radio: weekly radio show and podcast on corporate sustainability and accountability cohosted by Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon CorpWatch: Holding Corporations Accountable Director Map: Corporate Board Elections Analysis Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Investor Environmental Health Network: Health People...Healthy Business Multinational Monitor On-Line: Monthly magazine devoted primarily to examining the activities of multinational companies ProxyDemocracy helps investors use their voting power to hold corporations accountable Social Investment Forum: Advancing socially and environmentally responsible investing SocialFunds.com: The largest personal finance site devoted to socially responsible investing SRI Monitor: News and views on the world of socially responsible investing in Canada Sustainable Business, Green Business, Renewable Energy, Organic & Green Investing, Green Capital The Corporate Library: Corporate Governance Data, Analysis and Risk Assessment Tools

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