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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORED OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-05128
THE SWISS HELVETIA FUND, INC.
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 400
New York, New York 10020
1-888-SWISS-00
Rodolphe E. Hottinger, President
Hottinger et Cie
3 Place des Bergues
C.P. 395
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2007
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
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7/1/06 - 6/30/07 - ORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
PRO- WHE- WHE-
POSED THER THER REASON
BY THE THE FOR NOT
THE FUND FUND VOTING/
ISSUER CAST CAST HOW
(I) OR ITS HOW ITS DATE THE
DATE DESCRIPTION THE VOTE DID VOTE DATE PROXY FUND
OF OF THE SHARE- ON THE FOR OR PROXY WAS WOULD
NB OF AGM MATTER HOLDER THE FUND AGAINST WAS SENT HAVE
TICKER ISIN HOLDINGS SHARES 2007 VOTED (S) MATTER VOTED BOARD RECEIVED IN VOTED
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BANKS
1. Presentation and
approval of the
annual report, the
parent company's 2006
financial statements
and the Group's 2006
consolidated
financial statements
2. Discharge of the
acts of the members
of the Board of
Directors and
Executive Board
3. Capital reduction
owing to completion
of the share buy back
program
4. Resolution on the
appropriation of
retained earnings and
repayment of par
value to shareholders
4.1 Resolution on the
appropriation of
retained earnings
4.2 Reduction of
share capital by
repayment of par
value to shareholders
5. Approval of a
further share buy
back program
6. Additional
Amendments to the
Articles of
Association
6.1 Renewal of
authorized capital
6.2 Amendment of Art.
7 paras. 4 and 5
(right to add an item
to the agenda)
6.3 Amendments as a
result of item 4.2
7. Elections
7.1 Elections to the
Board of Directors
7.2 Election of the
parent company's
independent Auditors
and the Group's Yes
CREDIT independent Auditors to For
SUISSE 7.3 Election of all the
CSGN CH0012138530 GROUP 380,000 5/4/2007 Special Auditors I YES items board 4/3/2007 4/3/2007 N/A
1. Annual Report,
Group and Parent
Company Accounts for
Financial Year 2006;
Reports of the Group
and Statutory Auditors
2. Appropriation of
retained earnings;
dividend for
financial year 2006
3. Discharge of the
members of the Board
of Directors and the
Group Executive Board
4. Elections
4.1 Re-election of
Board Members
4.1.1 Stephan
Haeringer
4.1.2 Helmut Panke
4.1.3 Peter Spuhler
4.2 Election of a new
Board Member
4.2.1 Sergio
Marchionne
4.3 Election of the
Group and Statutory
Auditors
5. Capital Reduction
5.1 Cancellation of
shares repurchased
under the 2006/2007
Share Buyback Program
and respective
amendment of Article
4 para. 1 of the
Articles of
Association Yes
5.2 Approval of a New to For
Share Buyback Program all the
UBSN CH0024899483 UBS AG 870,000 4/18/2007 for 2007-2010 I YES items board 4/2/2007 4/3/2007 N/A
1. Approval of the
Annual Report,
financial statements,
Consolidated Annual
Report: presentation
report from the
Auditors
2. Resolution on
payment of preference
dividend
3. Appropriation of
Net Profit
4. Discharge of the
Supervisory Board and
the Board of Directors
5. Election of the
members of the Yes
Supervisory Board to For
EFG INTER- 6. Election of all the
EFGN CH0022268228 NATIONAL 100,000 4/27/2007 Auditors I YES items board 4/4/2007 4/4/2007 N/A
BASIS
RESOURCES
1. 2006 Annual
Report, Financial
Statements of the
Holding Company and
the Group, including
Auditors' Reports
2. Discharge of the
Board of Directors
3. Election of the
members of the Board
of Directors
4. Election of the
auditors for the
Holding Company and
the Group
5. Amendment to the
Articles of Yes
Association: creation to
of new authorised items
capital in the amount 1-5,
of CHF 15 million No
PRECIOUS nominal value to For
WOODS 6. Miscellaneous item the
PRWN CH0013283368 HLDAG 93,236 5/23/2007 matters I YES 6 board 5/16/2007 5/16/2007 N/A
1. Receive Financial
Statements and
Statutory Reports
2. Receive Auditor's
Report
3. Accept Financial
Statements and
Statutory Reports
4. Accept
Consolidated
Financial Statements
and Statutory Reports
5. Approve allocation
of income and
omission of dividends
6. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
7. Approve issuance
of convertible bonds
and/or bonds with
warrants attached
without preemptive
rights; Approve
creation of CHF 22.5
Million pool of
capital to gaurentee
conversion rights
8. Adopt new Articles
of Association
9. Re-elect Roger
Buehler, Ralph
Glassberg, Martin
Hellweg, Dominik
Koechlin, Max Locher,
and Friedrich
Sauerlaender as
Directors 10. Ratify
PricewaterhouseCoopers Yes
SWISS AG as Auditors to For
METAL HLD 11. Transact other all the
UMS CH0002572268 AG 75,000 5/16/2007 business (non-voting) I YES items board 4/27/2007 4/27/2007 N/A
1. Accept financial
statements and
statutory reports
2. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 1.25
per share
3. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
4. Re-elect Hans
Peter Zehnder as
Director
5. Ratify Earnst
Young AG as Auditors
6. Increase existing
SCHMOLZ pool of capita Yes
& without pre-emptive to For
BICKENBACH rights to CHF 60 all the
STLN CH0005795668 AG 94,260 4/26/2007 Millions I YES items board 4/11/2007 4/11/2007 N/A
BIOTECH-
NOLOGY
1. Approval of the
Annual Report,
Financial Statements,
Consolidated Annual
Report
2. Appropriation of
profit
3. Discharge of the
Supervisory Board
4. Elections of the
Members of the
Supervisory Board
5. Elections of the
Auditors
6. Amendment to the
Capital Structure
7. Share split and Yes For
ACTELION change of the Nominal to all the
ATLN CH0010532478 LTD 132,931 5/4/2007 Value of shares I YES items board 4/12/2007 4/12/2007 N/A
1. Annual report,
financial statements
and consolidated
financial statements
2006
2. Appropriation of
the results
3. Release of the
members of the Board
of Directors and of
Management
4. Election to the
Board of Directors
5. Election of the
Statutory Auditors
and the Group Auditors
6. Extension of term
of the authorized
share capital and
increase by CHF 1.5
million (Article 3b,
para. 1 and 4 of the
Articles of
Incorporation)
7. Increase of the
conditional share Yes
BASILEA capital by CHF 1.0 to For
PHARM- million (Article 3a, all the
BASLN CH0011432447 ACEUTICA 156,200 3/7/2007 para.1) I YES items board 2/7/2007 2/14/2007 N/A
PRO- WHE- WHE-
POSED THER THER REASON
BY THE THE FOR NOT
THE FUND FUND VOTING/
ISSUER CAST CAST HOW
(I) OR ITS HOW ITS DATE THE
DATE DESCRIPTION THE VOTE DID VOTE DATE PROXY FUND
OF OF THE SHARE- ON THE FOR OR PROXY WAS WOULD
NB OF AGM MATTER HOLDER THE FUND AGAINST WAS SENT HAVE
TICKER ISIN HOLDINGS SHARES 2007 VOTED (S) MATTER VOTED BOARD RECEIVED IN VOTED
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1. Approval of the
Annual Report,
financial statements,
Consolidated Annual
Report; Presentation
of the Audit Report
2. Appropriation of
profits
3. Discharge of the
members of the
Supervisory Board
4. Election of the
members of the Yes
Supervisory Board to For
SPEEDEL 5. Re-election of all the
SPPN CH0021483885 HLD AG 103,903 5/10/2007 Auditors I YES items board 4/18/2007 4/18/2007 N/A
CHEMICALS
1. Approval of the
Annual Report, the
Annual Financial
Statements, and the
Group Consolidated
Financial Statements
for the year 2006
2. Discharge of the
members of the Board
of Directors and the
Executive Committee
3. Reduction of share
capital by
cancellation of
repurchased shares
4. Appropriation of
the balance sheet
profit 2006 and
dividend decision
5. Reduction of share
capital by repayment
of nominal value of
shares
6. Amendment of the
Articles of
Incorporation
concerning requests
to include items in
the agenda of a
General Meeting of
Shareholders
7. Elections to the
Board of Directors Yes
8. Election of the to For
SYNGENTA Auditors and Group all the
SYNN CH0011037469 AG 95,931 5/2/2007 Auditors I YES items board 4/16/2007 4/19/2007 N/A
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
1. Accept financial
statements and
statutory reports
2. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 1
per share
3. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
4. Re-elect Monika
Baumann and Rolf
Jetzer as Directors
5. Elect Daniel
Sauter and Gareth
Penny as Directors
6. Ratify KPMG AG as Yes
JULIUS Auditors to For
BAER 7. Approve 2:1 stock all the
BEAR CH0012083017 HLD AG 129,300 4/17/2007 split I YES itmes board 4/3/2007 4/3/2007 N/A
FOOD
AND
BEVERAGES
1. Approval of the
Annual Report,
financial statement
and Consolidated
Annual Report
2. Discharge of the
Supervisory Board
3. Appropriation of
Net Profit
4. Elections
4.1 Election of the
members of the Yes
LINDT & Supervisory Board to For
SPRUENGLI 4.2 Election of all the
LISN CH0010570759 AG 340 4/26/2007 Auditors I YES items board 4/4/2007 4/4/2007 NA
1. 2006 Annual
Report; accounts of
Nestle S.A. and of
the Nestle Group;
Reports of the
Auditors
2. Release of the
Board of Directors
and of the Management
3. Decision on the
appropriation of
profits resulting
from the balance
sheet of Nestle S.A.
4. Capital reduction
and consequent
Amendment to Article
5 of the Articles of
Association Yes
5. Share capital to For
6. Re-elections to all the
NESN CH0012056047 NESTLE SA 162,500 4/19/2007 the Board of Directors I YES items board 3/19/2007 3/21/2007 NA
CONSTRUCTION
& MATERIALS
1. Accept financial
statements and
statutory reports
2. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 5.20
per registered share
and CHF 31.20 per
bearer share
3. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
4. Re-elect Walter
Grueebler, Thomas
Bechtler, Urs
Rinderknecht and
Christoph Tobler as
Directors
5. Ratify Ernst Young Yes
AG as Auditors to For
6. Transact other all the
SIK CH0000587979 SIKA AG 3,220 4/17/2007 business (non-voting) I YES items board 4/3/2007 4/3/2007 N/A
1. Approval of the
Annual Report with
Annual Accounts,
Annual Reports and
consolidation
accounting for 2006.
Acceptance of the
reports of the
Auditors and the
Group Auditor
2. Resolution on the
appropriation of
profits
3. Decrease of
capital to payback
the nominal value to
the shareholders
4. Further statute
amendments
5. Discharge of the
Supervisory Board
6. Election of the Yes
Supervisory Board to For
BELIMO HLD 7. Election of the all the
BEAN CH0001503199 AG 1,141 5/7/2007 Auditors I YES items board 4/19/2007 4/19/2007 N/A
INDUSTRIAL
GOODS &
SERVICES
1. Accept Financial
Statements and
Statutory Reports
2. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 6
per share
3. Approve discharge
of Board of Directors
and Senior Management
4. Re-elect Gustav
Wirz and Thomas
Staehelin as Yes
Directors 5. Ratify to For
INFICON HLD PricewaterhouseCoopers all the
IFCN CH0011029946 AG 6,440 4/27/2007 AG as Auditors I YES items board 4/12/2007 4/12/2007 N/A
1. Annual Report,
Consolidated Annual
Financial Statements
and Annual Financial
Statements of Komax
Holding AG for 2006
2. Discharge of the
Board of Directors
and Executive
Committee
3. Conditional
capital increase
4. Par value
repayment in lieu of
dividend in respect
of the 2006 financial
year
5. Elections to the
Board of Directors Yes
6. Appointment of to for
Statutory and Group all the
KOMN CH0010702154 KOMAX AG 14,392 5/11/2007 Auditors I YES items Board 4/25/2007 4/25/2007 N/A
1. Accept financial
statements and
statutory reports
2. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 1.20
per share
3. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
4. Re-elect Jakob
Baer as Director
5. Re-elect Juergen
Dormann as Chairman
6. Re-elect Andreas
Jacobs as Director
7. Re-elect Philippe
Marcel as Director
8. Re-elect Francis
Mer as Director
9. Re-elect Thomas
O'Neill as Director
10. Re-elect David
Prince as Director
11. Re-elect Peter
Ueberroth as Director
12. Ellect Klaus
Jacobs as Honarary
President by
acclamation
13. Ellect Rofl
Doerig as
Vice-Chairman
14. Ratify Ernst & Yes
Young AG as Auditors to For
15. Ratify OBT AG as all the
ADEN CH0012138605 ADECCO SA 116,000 5/8/2007 Special Auditors I YES items board 4/18/2007 4/18/2007 N/A
PRO- WHE- WHE-
POSED THER THER REASON
BY THE THE FOR NOT
THE FUND FUND VOTING/
ISSUER CAST CAST HOW
(I) OR ITS HOW ITS DATE THE
DATE DESCRIPTION THE VOTE DID VOTE DATE PROXY FUND
OF OF THE SHARE- ON THE FOR OR PROXY WAS WOULD
NB OF AGM MATTER HOLDER THE FUND AGAINST WAS SENT HAVE
TICKER ISIN HOLDINGS SHARES 2007 VOTED (S) MATTER VOTED BOARD RECEIVED IN VOTED
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1. Report on the
Annual Report
2. Approval of the
Annual Report, the
Group Account, and
the Annual Accounts
3. Discharge of the
Executive Board and
the entrusted leading
personnel
4. Appropriation of
profits
5. Amendment of the
Statutes
6. Election of the
Board of Directors
7. Election of the Yes
Auditors, of the to For
Group Auditors, and all the
ABBN CH0012221716 ABB LTD 337,457 5/3/2007 the Special Auditors I YES items board 4/12/2007 4/12/2007 N/A
IN-
SURANCE
1. Approval of the
annual report, the
annual financial
statements and the
consolidated
financial statements
for 2006
2. Appropriation of
available earnings of
Zurich Financial
Services 2006
3. Discharge of the
Members of the Board
of Directors and the
Group Executive
Committee
4. Increase of
contingent share
capital and approval
of the change to the
Articles of
Association
5. Re-elections
5.1.1 Re-election of
Mr. Armin Meyer
5.1.2 Re-election of
ZURICH Rolf Watter
FIN. 5.2 Re-election of Yes For
SERVICES Statutory Auditors to all the
ZURN CH0011075394 AG 20,800 4/3/2007 and Group Auditors I YES items board 3/13/2007 3/14/2007 N/A
1. Accept financial
statements and
statutory reports
2. Approve allocation
of income and
omission of dividends
3. Approve CHF 247
Million reduction in
share capital;
Approve capital
repayment of CHF 7
per share
4. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
5. Re-elect Volker
Bremkamp as Director
6. Re-elect Rudolf
Kellenberger as
Director
7. Re-elect Peter
Quadri as Director
8. Ratify Yes For
SWISS PricewaterhouseCoopers to all the
SLHN CH0014852781 LIFE HLD 44,500 5/8/2007 AG as Auditors I YES items board 4/17/2007 4/17/2007 N/A
MEDICAL
TECH-
NOLOGY
1. Approval of the
Annual Report, of the
Consolidated
Financial Statements,
and of the Financial
Statements of Phonak
Holding AG for
2006/07;
Acknowledgment of the
Reports of the Group
Auditors and of the
Statutory Auditors
2. Resolution on
Appopriation of
Available Earnings
3. Discharge of the
Members of the Board
of Directors and of
the Management Board
4. Election of the
Group Auditors and of
the Statutory Auditors
5. Changing of the
Corporate Name
(Amendment of
Articles 1, 2, 3a, 3c
and 3d of the
Articles of
Association)
6. Creation of
Authorized Capital of
CHF 167,813
PHONAK (Amendment of Article Yes For
HLD 3b of the Articles of to all the
PHBN CH0012549785 AG 32,205 6/12/2007 Association) I YES items board 5/22/2007 5/22/2007 N/A
PHARMA-
CEU-
TICALS
1. Approval of the
annual report, the
financial statements
of Novartis AG, and
the Group
consolidated
financial statements
for the year 2006
2. Approval of the
activities of the
Board of Directors
3. Appropriation of
available earnings of
Novartis AG as per
balance sheet and
declaration of
dividend
4. Elections to the
Board of Directors
4.1 Retirement
4.2 Re-elections
4.3 Election of new
member
NOVAR- 5. Appointment of the Yes For
TIS auditors and the to all the
NOVN CH0012005267 AG 899,000 3/6/2007 Group auditors I YES items board 2/21/2007 2/21/2007 N/A
1. Approval of the
Annual Report,
Financial Satements
and Consolidated
Financial Statements
for 2006
2. Ratification of
the Board of
Directors' actions
3. Vote on the
appropriation of
available earnings DIVIDEND
4. Election of RIGHTS
Directors CERTIFI-
ROCHE 5. Election of CATES NO
HLD Statutory and Group VOTING
ROG CH0012032048 AG 3/5/2007 Auditors I NO POWER
RETAIL
1. Accept Financial
Statements and
Statutory reports
2. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
3. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 5
per share
4. Re-elect Kurt
Briner, Carl Meyer,
and This Schneider as
Directors Yes For
GALENICA 5. Ratify Ernst Young to all the
GALN CH0015536466 AG 75,950 5/24/2007 AG as Auditors I YES items board 5/3/2007 5/7/2007 N/A
1. Accept Financial
Statements and
Statutory Reports
2. Approve discharge
of Board and Senior
Management
3. Approve allocation
of income and
dividends of CHF 50
per bearer share and
CHF 10 per registered
share
4. Amend Articles Re:
remove minimum Board
size requirements
5. Re-elect Daniel
Buerki, Walter Fust,
and Carlo Magri as
Directors; Elect
Harold Pinger and
Michael Mueller as
JELMOLI Directors Yes For
HLD 6. Ratify KPMG AG as to all the
JELN CH0000668472 AG 2,100 5/15/2007 Auditors I YES items board 4/27/2007 4/27/2007 N/A
1. Approval of the
Annual Report, the
Consolidated
Financial Statements
and the Annual
Financial Statments
for 2006
2. Appropriation of
available earnings
3. Discharge of the
Board of Directors
and the persons
entrusted with
management
4. Election of the Yes For
DUFRY Statutory Auditors to all the
DUFN CH0023405456 GROUP 5,500 5/15/2007 and Group Auditors I YES items board 4/25/2007 4/25/2007 N/A
PERSONAL
& HOUSE-
HOLD
GOODS
1. Approval of the
Annual Report,
Consolidated Annual
Report and Financial
Statements
2. Discharge of the
Mmembers of the
Supervisory Board
3. Resolution on
appropriation of
profit
4. Election of the
Supervisory Board
SWATCH 5. Election of Yes For
GROUP Auditors to all the
UHR CH0012255151 AG 6,367 5/11/2007 6. Capital decrease I YES items board 4/25/2007 4/25/2007 N/A
PRO-
POSED WHE- WHE-
BY THER THER REASON
THE THE THE FOR NOT
ISSUER FUND FUND VOTING/
(I) CAST CAST HOW
OR ITS HOW ITS DATE DATE THE
DATE DESCRIPTION THE VOTE DID VOTE PROXY PROXY FUND
OF OF THE SHARE- ON THE FOR OR WAS WAS WOULD
NB OF AGM MATTER HOLDER THE FUND AGAINST RECE- SENT HAVE
TICKER ISIN HOLDINGS SHARES 2007 VOTED (S) MATTER VOTED BOARD IVED IN VOTED
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1. Approval of
Annual Report,
including
statutory
accounts of
Advanced Digital
Broadcast
Holdings S.A.
and consolidated
statements of
accounts of the
Group for the
year 2006,
report of the
statutory
auditors and
report of the
Group auditors
2. Appropriation
of available
earnings
3. Ratification
and discharge of
the members of
the Board of
Directors
4. Re-election
of present
members of the
Board of
Directors
4.1 Mr. Andrew
Rybicki
4.2 Mr. Philippe
Lambinet
4.3 Mr. Thomas
Steinmann
4.4
Jean-Christophe
Hocke
4.5 Mr. Simon Lin
5. Re-election
of the statutory
auditors and of
the Group
auditors
6. Utilization
of the 34,280
own shares held
by the Company
since the IPO
7. Change of the
registered
office ("siege")
of the company
8. Renewal of
the authorized
capital
9. Conditional
capital allowing
issuance of
convertible or
option bonds
10. Limitation
of registration
of shareholders
with voting
rights
11. Majority of
two thirds to Yes
delete or modify to
the clause items
limiting the 1-9,
ADV. registration of No
DIGITAL shareholders to For
BROAD. with voting items the
ADBN CH0021194664 HLD SA 20,950 6/22/2007 rights I YES 10-11 board 6/13/2007 6/13/2007 N/A
TECH-
NOLOGY
1. 2006 Annual
Report, 2006
Annual Financial
Statements, 2006
Consolidated
Financial
Statement and
the Auditors'
Reports
2. Allocation of
the Balance
Sheet Result
3. Discharge of
members of the
Board of
Directors and
the Executive
Board
4. Conditional
Capital -
revised wording
of Article
3quater (2)
5. Election of
members of the
Board of
Directors
TEME- 6. Election of Yes
NOS Statutory to For
GROUP Auditors and all the
TEMN CH0012453913 AG 369,200 6/1/2007 Group Auditors I YES items board 5/24/2007 5/24/2007 N/A
1. Accept
Financial
Statements and
Statutory reports
2. Approve
allocation of
income and
dividends of CHF
0.60 per bearer
share and CHF
0.06 per
registered share
3. Approve
discharge of
Board and Senior
Management
4. Re-elect
Norbert Bucher,
Laurent
Dassault,
Patrick
Foetisch, Andre
Kudelski,
Marguerite
Kudelski, Pierre
Lescure and
Claude Smadja as
Directors; Elect
Alexandre Zeller
as Director Yes
5. Ratify to
PricewaterhouseCoopers items
SA as Auditors 1-5,
6. Transact Abstain For
other business to the
KUD CH0012268360 KUDELSKI 123,000 5/24/2007 (non-voting) I YES item 6 board 5/7/2007 5/7/2007 N/A
UTILI-
TIES
1. Presentation
of the Annual
Report and
Consolidated
Annual Report
2. Discharge of
the members of
the Supervisory
Board
CENTRAL. 3. Allocation of Yes
KRAFT- profits to For
WERKE 4. Elections in all the
CKWN CH0020603475 AG 21,409 1/26/2007 the Auditors I YES items board 1/17/2007 1/17/2007 N/A
1. Presentation
and approval of
the consolidated
financial
statements
2. Approval of
the Annual
Report and the
financial
statements
3. Discharge of
the members of
the Supervisory
Board
4. Appropriation
of profit
5. Elections A.
To the
Supervisory
Board
(re-election of
Marc Boudier and
Urs Steiner for
the term of 3
years; Election
of Pierre
Aumont) B.
Election of
Ernst & Young as
auditors C.
Election of
Ernst & Young as
auditors for Yes
AARE- consolidated to For
TESSIN financial all the
AT/N CH0001363305 AG 500 4/26/2007 statements I YES items board 4/10/2007 4/10/2007 N/A
1. 2006 Annual
Report
2. Appropriation
of Retained
Earnings
3. Discharge of
the Board from
Liability
4. Election
4.1 Election of
Director Yes
MOTOR 4.2 Appointment to For
COLUM- of Statutory and all the
MC CH0002124276 BUS LTD 200 5/24/2007 Group Auditors I YES items board 5/7/2007 5/7/2007 N/A
1. Annual PROXY
Report, FROM
Financial CITI-
Statements and GROUP
Consolidated NOT
Statements of RECE-
accounts for IVED.
2006, Group Januch-
auditors' reports owska,
2. Appropriation Katar-
of retained zyna
earnings Ewa
3. Discharge of at Citi
the Board of res-
Directors ponded
4. Election of on
the Board of May 17
Directors by the
5. Appointment follo-
of Group auditors wing:
"This is
an issue
which
has
been
esca-
lated
with our
inform
-ation
provider
as well
as the
branch.
We are
currently
investi-
gating
to
find
other
prov-
iders."
We
would
have
voted
BKW FMB yes to
ENERGIE all
BKWN CH0014307109 AG 5/11/2007 I NO items.
7/1/06 - 6/30/07 - ORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
PRO- WHE- WHE-
POSED THER THER REASON
BY THE THE FOR NOT
THE FUND FUND VOTING/
ISSUER CAST CAST HOW
(I) OR ITS HOW ITS DATE THE
DATE DESCRIPTION THE VOTE DID VOTE DATE PROXY FUND
OF OF THE SHARE- ON THE FOR OR PROXY WAS WOULD
NB OF AGM MATTER HOLDER THE FUND AGAINST WAS SENT HAVE
TICKER ISIN HOLDINGS SHARES 2007 VOTED (S) MATTER VOTED BOARD RECEIVED IN VOTED
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PERSONAL
&
HOUSEHOLD
GOODS
1. Business reports
2. Appropriation of
profits
3. Discharge of the
Board of Directors
4. Relocation of the
domicile
5. Election of the
Board of Directors
6. Election of the Yes
CIE FIN. Group Auditor and the to all
CFR CH0012731458 RICHEMONT 100,084 9/14/2006 Auditor I YES items FOR 8/21/2006 8/23/2006 N/A
7/1/06 - 6/30/07 - EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS
PRO- WHE- WHE-
POSED THER THER REASON
BY THE THE FOR NOT
THE FUND FUND VOTING/
ISSUER CAST CAST HOW
(I) OR ITS HOW ITS DATE THE
DATE DESCRIPTION THE VOTE DID VOTE DATE PROXY FUND
OF OF THE SHARE- ON THE FOR OR PROXY WAS WOULD
NB OF EGM MATTER HOLDER THE FUND AGAINST WAS SENT HAVE
TICKER ISIN HOLDINGS SHARES 2006 VOTED (S) MATTER VOTED BOARD RECEIVED IN VOTED
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BASIC
RESOURCES
1. Ordinary capital
increase
2. Change of the
company's name from
Swiss Steel LTD. into
Schmolz + Bickenbach
LTD.
3. Conversion of
bearer shares into
registered shares Yes
SWISS 4. Authorized increase to all
STLN CH0005795668 STEEL AG 103,960 9/20/2006 to the share capital I YES items FOR 9/11/2006 9/15/2006 NA
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.
THE SWISS HELVETIA FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Rodolphe E. Hottinger
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Rodolphe E. Hottinger, President
Date: 8/31/07
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