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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)


David J. Schulte, 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: June 30, 2011



 
 
 

Item 1.  Proxy Voting Record
 
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Buckeye Partners LP
June 7, 2011
118230101
BPL
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
 
 
Election of Directors:
Issuer
 For For
1) Forrest E. Wylie
  
For For
2) Joseph A. Lasala, Jr.
  
For For
3) Martin A. White
  
       
For
For
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Issuer
       
For
For
Advisory resolution on executive compensation
Issuer
       
3 Years
For
Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
MarkWest Energy Partners, LP
June 1, 2011
570759100
MWE
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
Election of Directors:
Issuer
   
Frank M. Semple
  
   
Donald D. Wolf
  
   
Keith E. Bailey
  
   
Michael L. Beatty
  
   
Charles K. Dempster
  
   
Donald C Hepperman
  
   
William A. Kellstrom
  
   
Anne E. Fox Mounsey
  
   
William P. Nicoletti
  
       
For
For
To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the  Partnership's named executive officers as described in the  Partnership's Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Common Unitholders
Issuer
       
3 Years
For
To recommend, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the  advisory vote on the compensation of the Partnership's named executive officers
Issuer
       
For
For
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnerships's Independent Public Accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Copano Energy, LLC
May 18, 2011
217202100
CPNO
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
Election of Directors:
Issuer
   
James G Crump
  
   
Ernie L. Danner
  
   
Scott A. Griffiths
  
   
Michael L. Johnson
  
   
Michael G. Macdougall
  
   
R. Bruce Nothcutt
  
   
T. William Porter
  
   
William L. Thacker
  
       
For
For
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2011
Issuer
       
For
For
Approval of an Amendment to the Long-Term Incentive Plan to increase the number of Common Units From 5,000,000 to 6,200,000
Issuer
       
For
For
Approval of an Amendment to the Long-Term Incentive Plan to extend the term of the Plan from November 15, 2014 to November 15, 2019
Issuer
       
For
For
Advisory vote on the compensation philosophy, policies and procedures and the executive compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement
Issuer
       
3 Years
For
Advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Nustar Energy L P
May 5, 2011
67058H102
NS
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
To approve the Nustar GP, LLC Third Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan increasing the total number of Common Units available under the Plan to 3.25 Million
Issuer
       
For
For
Ratify the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Nustar Energy L.P.'s Independent Registered Accounting Firm for 2011
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Magellan Midstream Partners LP
April 27, 2011
559080106
MMP
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
Election of Directors:
Issuer
   
James C. Kempner
  
   
Michael N Mears
  
   
James R. Montague
  
       
For
For
Proposal to amend Long-Term Incentive Plan
Issuer
       
For
For
Advisory vote on executive compensation
Issuer
       
3 Years
For
Advisory vote on frequency of vote on executive compensation
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Copano Energy, LLC
November 17, 2010
217202100
CPNO
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
A proposal to approve: (A) Changes to the terms of Series A convertible preferred units to provide for full voting rights for such units and full convertibility of such units into common units on a one-for-one basis and (B) The issuance of additional common units upon conversion of Series A convertible preferred units.
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Buckeye Partners LP
November 16, 2010
118230101
BPL
       
 
 
 
Vote
 
 
 
For/Against Management
 
 
 
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
Approval of a First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Buckeye Partners, L.P. (The "Partnership"), Buckeye GP LLC, Grand Ohio, LLC, Buckeye GP Holdings L.P. & Mainline Management LLC, dated as of August 18, 2010 and the transactions contemplated thereby, all as more fully described in the proxy statement.
Issuer
       
For
For
To consider and vote upon the approval of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership.
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, 2011
By:
 /s/ Terry Matlack  
    Terry Matlack  
    Chief Executive Officer