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: 811-21702 BlackRock Health Sciences Trust ------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington DE 19809 ----------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Robert S. Kapito, President 40 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10022 ------------------------------ (name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (888) 825-2257 Date of fiscal year end: 10/31 Date of reporting period: 07/1/2005 - 06/30/2006 ======================= BLACKROCK HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST ======================== ITEM 1 PROXY VOTING RECORD ADOLOR CORP Ticker: ADLR Security ID: 00724X102 Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 20, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director David M. Madden For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert T. Nelsen For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC. Ticker: EYE Security ID: 00763M108 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director William J. Link, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael A. Mussallem For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Deborah J. Neff For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AETNA INC. Ticker: AET Security ID: 00817Y108 Meeting Date: APR 28, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Betsy Z. Cohen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Molly J. Coye, M.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Barbara H. Franklin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jeffrey E. Garten For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Earl G. Graves For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gerald Greenwald For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Ellen M. Hancock For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael H. Jordan For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Joseph P. Newhouse For For Management 1.11 Elect Director John W. Rowe, M.D. For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Ronald A. Williams For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: ALXN Security ID: 015351109 Meeting Date: JUN 7, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 21, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Leonard Bell For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David W. Keiser For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Max Link For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Joseph A. Madri For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Larry L. Mathis For For Management 1.6 Elect Director R. Douglas Norby For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Alvin S. Parven For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Ruedi E. Waeger For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLERGAN, INC. Ticker: AGN Security ID: 018490102 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Herbert W. Boyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert A. Ingram For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David E.I. Pyott For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Russell T. Ray For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus Stock For For Management Plan 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMGEN, INC. Ticker: AMGN Security ID: 031162100 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 13, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Frederick W. Gluck For For Management 1.2 Elect Director J. Paul Reason For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Donald B. Rice For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Leonard D. Schaeffer For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Stock Retention Against Against Shareholder 4 Link Executive Compensation to Social Against Against Shareholder Issues 5 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote 6 Develop an Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 7 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder of Directors 8 Report on Political Contributions For For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: AMLN Security ID: 032346108 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Steven R. Altman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Vaughn D. Bryson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Joseph C. Cook, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Karin Eastham For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James R. Gavin III For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Ginger L. Graham For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Howard E. Greene, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Jay S. Skyler For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Thomas R. Testman For For Management 1.11 Elect Director James N. Wilson For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLERA CORP Ticker: CRA Security ID: 038020202 Meeting Date: OCT 20, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 1, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard H. Ayers For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jean-Luc Belingard For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert H. Hayes For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Arnold J. Levine For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William H. Longfield For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Theodore E. Martin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Carolyn W. Slayman For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Orin R. Smith For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James R. Tobin For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Tony L. White For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS INC Ticker: ARNA Security ID: 040047102 Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 17, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jack Lief For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Dominic P. Behan, Ph.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Donald D. Belcher For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Scott H. Bice For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Harry F. Hixson, Jr., For For Management Ph.D. 1.6 Elect Director J.Clayburn La Force, Jr., For For Management Ph.D. 1.7 Elect Director Louis J. Lavigne, Jr. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Tina S. Nova, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 4 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 5 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASPECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS Ticker: ASPM Security ID: 045235108 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 11, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Nassib G. Chamoun For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James J. Mahoney, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRAZENECA PLC (FORMERLY ZENECA PLC) Ticker: AZN Security ID: 046353108 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 21, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 TO RECEIVE THE COMPANY S ACCOUNTS AND THE For For Management REPORTS OF THE DIRECTORS AND AUDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 2 TO CONFIRM DIVIDENDS For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTORS TO AGREE THE For For Management REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITOR 5.1 Elect Director Louis Schweitzer For For Management 5.2 Elect Director Hakan Mogren For For Management 5.3 Elect Director David R Brennan For For Management 5.4 Elect Director Jonathan Symonds For For Management 5.5 Elect Director John Patterson For For Management 5.6 Elect Director Sir Peter Bonfield For For Management 5.7 Elect Director John Buchanan For For Management 5.8 Elect Director Jane Henney For For Management 5.9 Elect Director Michele Hooper For For Management 5.10 Elect Director Joe Jimenez For For Management 5.11 Elect Director Erna Moller For For Management 5.12 Elect Director Marcus Wallenberg For For Management 5.13 Elect Director Dame Nancy Rothwell For For Management 6 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION For For Management REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 7 TO AUTHORIZE LIMITED EU POLITICAL For For Management DONATIONS 8 TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTORS TO ALLOT For For Management UNISSUED SHARES 9 TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTORS TO DISAPPLY For For Management PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS 10 TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS For For Management OWN SHARES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Ticker: BAX Security ID: 071813109 Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 13, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Walter E. Boomer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director James R. Gavin, III For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Peter S. Hellman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director K.J. Storm For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Declassify the Board of Directors For Against Management 4 Establish Range For Board Size For For Management 5 Submit Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Against For Shareholder Pill) to Shareholder Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY Ticker: BDX Security ID: 075887109 Meeting Date: JAN 31, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 7, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Edward J. Ludwig For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Willard J. Overlock, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Bertram L. Scott For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Report on Toxic Chemicals Against Against Shareholder 4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. Ticker: BMRN Security ID: 09061G101 Meeting Date: JUN 21, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 5, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Jean-Jacques Bienaime For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael Grey For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Elaine J. Heron, Ph.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Joseph Klein, III For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Pierre Lapalme For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Alan J. Lewis, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. Ticker: BMY Security ID: 110122108 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert E. Allen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lewis B. Campbell For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Vance D. Coffman For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James M. Cornelius For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Peter R. Dolan For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Louis J. Freeh For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Leif Johansson For For Management 1.9 Elect Director James D. Robinson, III For For Management 2 Ratify Auditor For For Management 3 Increase Disclosure of Executive Against Against Shareholder Compensation 4 Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 5 Claw-back of Payments under Restatements Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Animal Welfare Against Against Shareholder 7 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARDIOME PHARMA CORP. Ticker: COM Security ID: 14159U202 Meeting Date: JUN 12, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual/Special Record Date: MAY 3, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect as Director Jackie M. Clegg For For Management 1.2 Elect as Director Fred Mermelstein For For Management 1.3 Elect as Director Robert W. Rieder For For Management 1.4 Elect as Director Peter W. Roberts For For Management 1.5 Elect as Director Mark C. Rogers For For Management 1.6 Elect as Director Harold H. Shlevin For For Management 1.7 Elect as Director Ralph Snyderman For For Management 2 Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors For For Management 3 Authorize Board to Fix Remuneration of For For Management Auditors 4 Amend Stock Option Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAREMARK RX, INC. Ticker: CMX Security ID: 141705103 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. David Brown, II For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Harris Diamond For For Management 1.3 Elect Director C.A. Lance Piccolo For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Michael D. Ware For For Management 2 Report Policies For Political Against Against Shareholder Contributions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIGNA CORP. Ticker: CI Security ID: 125509109 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 28, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director H. Edward Hanway For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Harold A. Wagner For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. Ticker: CYH Security ID: 203668108 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director John A. Clerico For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Julia B. North For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Wayne T. Smith For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: COR Security ID: 220524300 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert F. Allnutt For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John F. Benedik For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Charles J. Casamento For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Carl W. Cotman, Ph.D. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Peter F. Drake, Ph.D. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director M. Ross Johnson, Ph.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Roger G. Stoll Ph.D. For For Management 1.8 Elect Director G.D. Tollefson, Md, Phd For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CVS CORPORATION Ticker: CVS Security ID: 126650100 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David W. Dorman For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas P. Gerrity For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Marian L. Heard For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William H. Joyce For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Terrence Murray For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Thomas M. Ryan For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Alfred J. Verrecchia For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder of Directors 4 Submit Supplemental Executive Retirement Against For Shareholder Plans to Shareholder vote 5 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 6 Report on Feasibility of Product Against Against Shareholder Reformulation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYTYC CORPORATION Ticker: CYTC Security ID: 232946103 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 20, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Sally W. Crawford For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Patrick J. Sullivan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Wayne Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVITA INC. Ticker: DVA Security ID: 23918K108 Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 23, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Nancy-Ann DeParle For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Richard B. Fontaine For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Peter T. Grauer For For Management 1.4 Elect Director C. Raymond Larkin, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John M. Nehra For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William L. Roper, M.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Kent J. Thiry For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Richard C. Vaughan For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC. Ticker: XRAY Security ID: 249030107 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Wendy L. Dixon For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Leslie A. Jones For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gerald K. Kunkle, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMDEON CORP Ticker: HLTH Security ID: 94769M105 Meeting Date: SEP 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 5, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Neil F. Dimick For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph E. Smith For For Management 2 Change Company Name For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXELIXIS, INC Ticker: EXEL Security ID: 30161Q104 Meeting Date: MAY 1, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Charles Cohen For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George Poste For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jack Wyszomierski For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENE LOGIC INC. Ticker: GLGC Security ID: 368689105 Meeting Date: JUN 1, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 7, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Charles L. Dimmler, III For For Management 1.2 Elect Director G. Anthony Gorry, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENENTECH, INC. Ticker: DNA Security ID: 368710406 Meeting Date: APR 20, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 22, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Herbert W. Boyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director William M. Burns For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Erich Hunziker For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Jonathan K.C. Knowles For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Arthur D. Levinson For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Debra L. Reed For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Charles A. Sanders For For Management 2 Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase For For Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. Ticker: GILD Security ID: 375558103 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Paul Berg For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John F. Cogan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Etienne F. Davignon For For Management 1.4 Elect Director James M. Denny For For Management 1.5 Elect Director John W. Madigan For For Management 1.6 Elect Director John C. Martin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Gordon E. Moore For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management 5 Increase Authorized Common Stock For For Management 6 Report on Impact of HIV/AIDS, TB, and Against Against Shareholder Malaria Pandemics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (FORMERLY GLAXO WELLCOME PLC ) Ticker: GSK Security ID: 37733W105 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 10, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 TO RECEIVE AND ADOPT THE DIRECTORS For For Management REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2 TO APPROVE THE REMUNERATION REPORT For For Management 3 TO ELECT DR MONCEF SLAOUI AS A DIRECTOR For For Management 4 TO ELECT MR TOM DE SWAAN AS A DIRECTOR For For Management 5 TO RE-ELECT MR LARRY CULP AS A DIRECTOR For For Management 6 TO RE-ELECT SIR CRISPIN DAVIS AS A For For Management DIRECTOR 7 TO RE-ELECT DR RONALDO SCHMITZ AS A For For Management DIRECTOR 8 Ratify Auditors For For Management 9 REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS For For Management 10 TO AUTHORISE THE COMPANY TO MAKE For For Management DONATIONS TO EU POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS AND INCUR EU POLITICAL EXPENDITURE 11 AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES For For Management 12 DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS For For Management (INDICATES A SPECIAL RESOLUTION) 13 AUTHORITY FOR THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS For For Management OWN SHARES (INDICATES A SPECIAL RESOLUTION) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERMUNE INC. Ticker: ITMN Security ID: 45884X103 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 4, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Jonathan S. Leff For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISHARES TRUST Ticker: IJT Security ID: 464287762 Meeting Date: AUG 11, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: APR 25, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lee T. Kranefuss For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John E. Martinez For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Richard K. Lyons For For Management 1.4 Elect Director George G.C. Parker For For Management 1.5 Elect Director W. Allen Reed For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Cecilia H. Herbert For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Charles A. Hurty For For Management 1.8 Elect Director John E. Kerrigan For For Management 2 Approve Change of Fundamental Investment For For Management Policy - Senior Securities 3 Approve Change of Fundamental Investment For For Management Policy - Lending 4 Approve Change of Fundamental Investment For Against Management Objective to Non-fundamental 5 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IVAX CORP. Ticker: IVX Security ID: 465823102 Meeting Date: AUG 3, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 10, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Betty G. Amos For Did Not Management Vote 1.2 Elect Director Mark Andrews For Did Not Management Vote 1.3 Elect Director Jack Fishman Ph.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.4 Elect Director Neil Flanzraich For Did Not Management Vote 1.5 Elect Director Phillip Frost M.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.6 Elect Director Jane Hsiao Ph.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.7 Elect Director Richard M. Krasno Ph.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.8 Elect Director David A. Lieberman For Did Not Management Vote 1.9 Elect Director Richard C. Pfenniger Jr. For Did Not Management Vote 1.10 Elect Director Bertram Pitt M.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.11 Elect Director Z.P. Zachariah M.D. For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IVAX CORP. Ticker: IVX Security ID: 465823PPH Meeting Date: OCT 27, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: SEP 23, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC Ticker: KERX Security ID: 492515101 Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 17, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Weiss For For Management 1.2 Elect Director I. Craig Henderson M.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Malcolm Hoenlein For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Eric Rose, M.D. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Lindsay A. Rosenwald Md For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Jonathan Spicehandler For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC. Ticker: KOSN Security ID: 50064W107 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Kevan Clemens, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Jean Deleage, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANOR CARE, INC. Ticker: HCR Security ID: 564055101 Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 17, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Mary Taylor Behrens For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Joseph F. Damico For For Management 1.3 Elect Director John T. Schwieters For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Richard C. Tuttle For For Management 1.5 Elect Director M. Keith Weikel For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Gail R. Wilensky For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Thomas L. Young For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORP. Ticker: MATK Security ID: 572901106 Meeting Date: MAR 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 20, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James R. Beery For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Flanagan For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC Ticker: MHS Security ID: 58405U102 Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 29, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lawrence S. Lewin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Charles M. Lillis For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Edward H. Shortliffe, For For Management M.D., Ph.D. 1.4 Elect Director David D. Stevens For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIMMUNE, INC. Ticker: MEDI Security ID: 584699102 Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Wayne T. Hockmeyer For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David M. Mott For For Management 1.3 Elect Director David Baltimore For For Management 1.4 Elect Director M. James Barrett For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James H. Cavanaugh For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Barbara Hackman Franklin For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Gordon S. Macklin For For Management 1.8 Elect Director George M. Milne, Jr. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Elizabeth H.S. Wyatt For For Management 2 Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option For For Management Plan 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCK & CO., INC. Ticker: MRK Security ID: 589331107 Meeting Date: APR 25, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Richard T. Clark For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Lawrence A. Bossidy For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William G. Bowen, Ph.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William B. Harrison, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director William N. Kelley, M.D. For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Rochelle B. Lazarus For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Thomas E. Shenk, Ph.D. For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Anne M. Tatlock For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Samuel O. Thier, M.D. For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Wendell P. Weeks For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Peter C. Wendell For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 4 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management Stock Plan 5 Limit Executive Compensation Against Against Shareholder 6 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Against For Shareholder 7 Adopt Animal Welfare Standards Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MYLAN LABORATORIES INC. Ticker: MYL Security ID: 628530PPH Meeting Date: OCT 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: AUG 1, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Milan Puskar For Did Not Management Vote 1.2 Elect Director Robert J. Coury For Did Not Management Vote 1.3 Elect Director Wendy Cameron For Did Not Management Vote 1.4 Elect Director Neil Dimick For Did Not Management Vote 1.5 Elect Director Douglas J. Leech For Did Not Management Vote 1.6 Elect Director Joseph C. Maroon For Did Not Management Vote 1.7 Elect Director Rodney L. Piatt For Did Not Management Vote 1.8 Elect Director C.B. Todd For Did Not Management Vote 1.9 Elect Director Randall L. Vanderveen For Did Not Management Vote 2 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MYRIAD GENETICS, INC. Ticker: MYGN Security ID: 62855J104 Meeting Date: NOV 10, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: SEP 23, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Walter Gilbert, Ph.D. For Did Not Management Vote 1.2 Elect Director Arthur H. Hayes, Jr., For Did Not Management M.D. Vote 1.3 Elect Director Dennis H. Langer M.D. For Did Not Management Vote 2 Amend Stock Option Plan For Did Not Management Vote 3 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVARTIS AG Ticker: NVS Security ID: 66987V109 Meeting Date: FEB 28, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JAN 31, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE For For Management FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF NOVARTIS AG AND THE GROUP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2005. 2 APPROVAL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD For For Management OF DIRECTORS. 3 APPROPRIATION OF AVAILABLE EARNINGS OF For For Management NOVARTIS AG AS PER BALANCE SHEET AND DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND. 4 REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL. For For Management 5 AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF For For Management INCORPORATION. 6 RE-ELECTION OF PROF. SRIKANT M. DATAR For For Management PH.D. FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. 7 RE-ELECTION OF WILLIAM W. GEORGE FOR A For For Management THREE-YEAR TERM. 8 RE-ELECTION OF DR.-ING. WENDELIN For For Management WIEDEKING FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. 9 RE-ELECTION OF PROF. ROLF M. ZINKERNAGEL For For Management M.D. FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. 10 THE ELECTION OF ANDREAS VON PLANTA PH.D. For For Management FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. 11 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PFIZER INC. Ticker: PFE Security ID: 717081103 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 1, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Michael S. Brown For For Management 1.2 Elect Director M. Anthony Burns For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Robert N. Burt For For Management 1.4 Elect Director W. Don Cornwell For For Management 1.5 Elect Director William H. Gray, III For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Constance J. Horner For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William R. Howell For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Stanley O. Ikenberry For For Management 1.9 Elect Director George A. Lorch For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Henry A. McKinnell For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Dana G. Mead For For Management 1.12 Elect Director Ruth J. Simmons For For Management 1.13 Elect Director William C. Steere, Jr. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement For For Management 4 Establish Term Limits for Directors Against Against Shareholder 5 Social Proposal Against Against Shareholder 6 Restore or Provide for Cumulative Voting Against Against Shareholder 7 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 8 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 9 Report on Animal Welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 10 Reort on Animal-based Testing Against Against Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Ticker: REGN Security ID: 75886F107 Meeting Date: JUN 9, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 13, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Charles A. Baker For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael S. Brown, M.D. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Arthur F. Ryan For For Management 1.4 Elect Director George L. Sing For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RENOVIS, INC Ticker: RNVS Security ID: 759885106 Meeting Date: JUN 5, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 13, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Anthony B. Evnin, Ph.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Judith A. Hemberger Phd For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESPIRONICS, INC. Ticker: RESP Security ID: 761230101 Meeting Date: NOV 15, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: OCT 3, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director J. Terry Dewberry For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Donald H. Jones For For Management 1.3 Elect Director James W. Liken For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John L. Miclot For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANOFI-AVENTIS (FORMERLY SANOFI-SYNTHELABO ) Ticker: SNY Security ID: 80105N105 Meeting Date: MAY 31, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: APR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 APPROVAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANY For Did Not Management FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED Vote DECEMBER 31, 2005 2 APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL For Did Not Management STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER Vote 31, 2005 3 APPROPRIATION OF PROFITS; DECLARATION OF For Did Not Management DIVIDEND Vote 4 APPROVAL OF TRANSACTIONS COVERED BY THE For Did Not Management STATUTORY AUDITORS SPECIAL REPORT Vote PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE L.225-40 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE 5 REAPPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR For Did Not Management Vote 6 APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR For Did Not Management Vote 7 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 8 Ratify Auditors For Did Not Management Vote 9 DIRECTORS ATTENDANCE FEES For Did Not Management Vote 10 AUTHORIZATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS For Did Not Management TO CARRY OUT TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES Vote ISSUED BY THE COMPANY 11 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MERGER OF For Did Not Management RHONE COOPER INTO SANOFI-AVENTIS - Vote APPROVAL OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE MERGER AND OF THE RESULTING CAPITAL INCREASE 12 APPROPRIATION OF MERGER PREMIUM For Did Not Management Vote 13 FORMAL RECORDING OF FINAL COMPLETION OF For Did Not Management THE MERGER ON MAY 31, 2006 AND OF THE Vote RESULTING CAPITAL INCREASE 14 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 6 OF THE BYLAWS For Did Not Management AFTER THE CAPITAL INCREASE Vote 15 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES 12 AND 16 OF THE For Did Not Management BYLAWS Vote 16 POWERS For Did Not Management Vote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP. Ticker: SGP Security ID: 806605101 Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 20, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Thomas J. Colligan For For Management 1.2 Elect Director C. Robert Kidder For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Carl E. Mundy, Jr. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Patricia F. Russo For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Arthur F. Weinbach For For Management 2 Ratify Auditor For For Management 3 Declassify the Board of Directors For Against Management 4 Approve Outside Director Stock For For Management Awards/Options in Lieu of Cash 5 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 6 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder of Directors 7 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIRE PLC (FORMERLY SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC) Ticker: SHPGY Security ID: 82481R106 Meeting Date: JUN 21, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAY 9, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER THE DIRECTORS For For Management REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2005. 2.1 Elect Director Dr. J. Henry Cavanaugh For For Management 2.2 Elect Director Mr. R.W.T. Buchanan For For Management 2.3 Elect Director Mr. M. William Emmens For For Management 2.4 Elect Director Hon. J. Andrews Grant For For Management 2.5 Elect Director Mr. David John Kappler For For Management 2.6 Elect Director Mr. P.J. Mark Langlois For For Management 2.7 Elect Director Mr. R. Maurice Nordmann For For Management 2.8 Elect Director Dr. Barry John Price For For Management 2.9 Elect Director Mr. A. Charles Russell For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 TO AUTHORISE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO For For Management DETERMINE THE REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITORS. 5 TO APPROVE THE DIRECTORS REMUNERATION For For Management REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2005. 6 TO AUTHORISE THE ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. For For Management 7 TO AUTHORISE THE DISAPPLICATION OF For For Management PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS. 8 TO AUTHORISE MARKET PURCHASES. For For Management 9 TO AUTHORISE DONATIONS TO EU POLITICAL For For Management ORGANISATIONS AND THE INCURRING OF EU POLITICAL EXPENDITURE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIRE PLC (FORMERLY SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC) Ticker: SHPGY Security ID: 82481R106 Meeting Date: OCT 28, 2005 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: SEP 21, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 TO APPROVE THE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT. For For Management 2 TO APPROVE THE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT AND For For Management OTHER RELATED MATTERS. 3 TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION AND ESTABLISHMENT For For Management OF PART A OF THE SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC PORTFOLIO SHARE PLAN. 4 TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION AND ESTABLISHMENT For For Management OF PART B OF THE SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC PORTFOLIO SHARE PLAN. 5 TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION BY SHIRE PLC OF For For Management THE SHIRE PLC SHARESAVE SCHEME AND TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZATION GIVEN TO THE DIRECTORS OF SHIRE PLC IN RELATION THERETO. 6 TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION BY SHIRE PLC OF For For Management PART A OF THE SHIRE PLC PORTFOLIO SHARE PLAN. 7 TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION BY SHIRE PLC OF For For Management PART B OF THE SHIRE PLC PORTFOLIO SHARE PLAN. 8 TO APPROVE THE ASSUMPTION BY SHIRE PLC, For For Management WITH EFFECT FROM THE SCHEME BECOMING EFFECTIVE, OF THE SHIRE PLC EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STERIS CORP. Ticker: STE Security ID: 859152100 Meeting Date: JUL 29, 2005 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUN 3, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Cynthia L. Feldmann For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Stephen R. Hardis For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Jacqueline B. Kosecoff For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Raymond A. Lancaster For For Management 1.5 Elect Director J.B. Richey For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Mohsen M. Sohi For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Les C. Vinney For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Michael B. Wood For For Management 2 Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED Ticker: UNH Security ID: 91324P102 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 21, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James A. Johnson For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William W. McGuire, M.D. For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Mary O. Mundinger, Ph.D. For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder of Directors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC Ticker: VAR Security ID: 92220P105 Meeting Date: FEB 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: DEC 19, 2005 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Timothy E. Guertin For For Management 1.2 Elect Director David W. Martin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director R Naumann-Etienne For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Kent J. Thiry For For Management 2 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATERS CORPORATION Ticker: WAT Security ID: 941848103 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 15, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Joshua Bekenstein For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael J. Berendt For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Douglas A. Berthiaume For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Edward Conard For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Laurie H. Glimcher For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Christopher A. Keubler For For Management 1.7 Elect Director William J. Miller For For Management 1.8 Elect Director JoAnn A. Reed For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Thomas P. Salice For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Other Business For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLPOINT INC Ticker: WLP Security ID: 94973V107 Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 24, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Susan B. Bayh For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Julie A. Hill For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Ramiro G. Peru For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP Ticker: WMGI Security ID: 98235T107 Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 27, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director F. Barry Bays For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Martin J. Emerson For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Gary D. Henley For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Beverly A. Huss For For Management 1.5 Elect Director David D. Stevens For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Thomas E. Timbie For For Management 1.7 Elect Director James T. Treace For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WYETH Ticker: WYE Security ID: 983024100 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 3, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Robert Essner For For Management 1.2 Elect Director John D. Feerick For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson, For For Management Ph.D. 1.4 Elect Director Victor F. Ganzi For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert Langer For For Management 1.6 Elect Director John P. Mascotte For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Mary Lake Polan, M.D., For For Management Ph.D. 1.8 Elect Director Gary L. Rogers For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Ivan G. Seidenberg For For Management 1.10 Elect Director Walter V. Shipley For For Management 1.11 Elect Director John R. Torell, III For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Approve Non-Employee Director Omnibus For For Management Stock Plan 4 Report on Product Availability in Canada Against Against Shareholder 5 Report on Political Contributions Against Against Shareholder 6 Report on Animal welfare Policy Against Against Shareholder 7 Require a Majority Vote for the Election Against Against Shareholder of Directors 8 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against For Shareholder 9 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder 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. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust by /s/ Robert S. Kapito --------------------------- Robert S. Kapito Principal Executive Officer Date: August 26, 2006 Page 7