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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 

 
 
FORM N-PX
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
 


Investment Company Act file number 811-22409


Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)


11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS 66211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)


Terry Matlack
Diane Bono
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS 66211
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 913-981-1020


Date of fiscal year end: November 30


Date of reporting period: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015



 
 

 

Item 1.  Proxy Voting Record
 

Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
11/20/2014
49455U100
KMR
To approve the KMR Merger Agreement
For
For
Issuer
               
       
To approve the KMR Adjournment Proposal
For
For
Issuer
               
       
To approve the KMP Merger Agreement
For
For
Issuer
               
       
To approve the KMP Adjournment Proposal
For
For
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
11/20/2014
29273R109
ETP
Approval of the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it has been amended from time to time, the "LTIP"), which, among other things, provides for an increase in the maximum number of common units reserved and available for delivery with respect to awards under the LTIP to 10,000,000 common units (The "LTIP Proposal")
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Approval of the adjournment of the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the LTIP Proposal
For
For
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.
11/20/2014
283702108
EPB
To approve the EPB Merger Agreement
For
For
Issuer
               
       
To approve the EPB Adjournment Proposal
For
For
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Williams Partners, L.P.
Consent Solicitation
96950F104
WPZ
To approve and adopt the agreement and plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Access Midstream Partners, L.P., Access Midstream Partners GP, L.L.C., VHMS, LLC ("Merger Sub"), Williams Partners, and Williams Partners GP LLC (the "WPZ General Partner")
For
N/A - No Management Recommendation
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
4/23/2015
559080106
MMP
Election of the following nominees:
Robert G. Croyle
Stacy P. Methvin
Barry R. Pearl
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Ratification of appointment of independent auditor
For
For
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Regency Energy Partners, L.P.
4/28/2015
75885Y107
RGP
To consider and vote on a proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25, 2015, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of February 18, 2015, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. ("ETP"), Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., the general partner of ETP, Rendezvous I LLC, Rendezvous II LLC, Regency Energy Partners LP ("Regency"), Regency GP LP, the general partner of Regency, ETE GP Acquirer LLC and, solely for purposes of certain provisions therein, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., and the transactions contemplated thereby
For
For
Issuer
               
       
To consider and vote on a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the merger agreement at the time of the Special Meeting
For
For
Issuer
               
       
To consider and vote on a proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the payments that will or may be paid by Regency to its named executive officers in connection with the merger
For
For
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
5/7/2015
49456B101
KMI
Election of Directors:
1. Richard D. Kinder
2. Steven J. Kean
3. Ted A. Gardner
4. Anthony W. Hall, Jr.
5. Gary L. Hultquist
6. Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
7. Deborah A. Macdonald
8. Michael J. Miller
9. Michael C. Morgan
10. Arthur C. Reichstetter
11. Fayez Sarofim
12. C. Park Shaper
13. William A. Smith
14. Joel V. Staff
15. Robert F. Vagt
16. Perry M. Waughtal
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Approval of the Kinder Morgan, Inc. 2015 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Approval of the Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Advisory vote to approve executive compensation.
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2015.
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Approval of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Stockholder proposal relating to a report on the company's response to climate change.
Against
For
Shareholder
               
       
Stockholder proposal relating to a report on methane emissions.
Against
For
Shareholder
               
       
Stockholder proposal relating to an annual sustainability report.
Against
For
Shareholder
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
6/2/2015
118230101
BPL
Election of Directors:
01 - Pieter Bakker
02 - Barbara M. Baumann
03 - Mark C. McKinley
04 - Donald W. Niemiec
For
For
Issuer
               
       
The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Buckeye Partners, L.P.'s independent registered public accountants for 2015.
For
For
Issuer
               
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Proposal
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal Source
Markwest Energy Partners, L.P.
6/3/2015
570759100
MWE
Election of Directors:
1. Frank M. Semple
2. Donald D. Wolf
3. Michael L. Beatty
4. William A. Bruckmann III
5. Donald C. Heppermann
6. Randall J. Larson
7. Anne E. Fox Mounsey
8. William P. Nicoletti
For
For
Issuer
               
       
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnership's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
For
For
Issuer

 
 
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.


  TORTOISE MLP FUND, INC.  
       
Date:  August 26, 2015
By:
 /s/ P. Bradley Adams  
    P. Bradley Adams  
    Chief Executive Officer