FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-22482
Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Gifford R. Zimmerman - Chief Administrative Officer
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 312-917-7700
Date of fiscal year-end: November 30
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2016
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
| Institutional Account Name |
Company Name |
Ticker |
Provider Security ID |
Meeting Type |
Meeting Date |
Proponent |
Proposal Text |
Management |
Vote | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | NAVIOS MARITIME MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P. | NAP | Y62134104 | Annual | 11/24/2015 | Management | Elect Director STEFAN KUCH | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | NAVIOS MARITIME MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P. | NAP | Y62134105 | Annual | 11/25/2015 | Management | Elect Director ALEXANDER KALAFATIDES | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | NAVIOS MARITIME MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P. | NAP | Y62134106 | Annual | 11/26/2015 | Management | Elect Director CHRISTOS KOKKINIS | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | NAVIOS MARITIME MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P. | NAP | Y62134107 | Annual | 11/27/2015 | Management | Elect Director VASILIOS MOUYIS | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | NAVIOS MARITIME MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P. | NAP | Y62134108 | Annual | 11/28/2015 | Management | Ratify Appointment of Independent Auditors | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP | MWE | 570759100 | Special | 12/1/2015 | Management | Approve Merger Agreement | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP | MWE | 570759101 | Special | 12/2/2015 | Management | 14A Executive Compensation | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP | MWE | 570759102 | Special | 12/3/2015 | Management | Approve Motion to Adjourn Meeting | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP | NGLS | 87611X105 | Special | 2/12/2016 | Management | TO CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON A PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 2, 2015, BY AND AMONG TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP | NGLS | 87611X106 | Special | 2/12/2016 | Management | TO CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON, ON AN ADVISORY, NON-BINDING BASIS, THE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS THAT MAY BE PAID OR BECOME PAYABLE TO THE PARTNERSHIP’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | DCP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP | DPM | 23311P100 | Special | 4/28/2016 | Management | TO APPROVE THE DCP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP 2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | DCP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP | DPM | 23311P101 | Special | 4/29/2016 | Management | TO APPROVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO A LATER DATE OR DATES | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,L.P. | MMP | 559080106 | Annual | 4/21/2016 | Management | Elect Director WALTER R. ARNHEIM | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,L.P. | MMP | 559080107 | Annual | 4/22/2016 | Management | Elect Director PATRICK C. EILERS | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,L.P. | MMP | 559080108 | Annual | 4/23/2016 | Management | Amendment of long-term incentive plan | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,L.P. | MMP | 559080109 | Annual | 4/24/2016 | Management | advisory resolution to approve executive compensation | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,L.P. | MMP | 559080110 | Annual | 4/25/2016 | Management | Ratification of appointment of independent auditor | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | TRGP | 87612G101 | Annual | 5/17/2016 | Management | Elect Director RENE R. JOYCE | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | TRGP | 87612G102 | Annual | 5/18/2016 | Management | Elect Director WATERS S. DAVIS, IV | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | TRGP | 87612G103 | Annual | 5/19/2016 | Management | Elect Director CHRIS TONG | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | TRGP | 87612G104 | Annual | 5/20/2016 | Management | RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. | BPL | 118230101 | Annual | 07-Jun-2016 | Management | Elect Director OLIVER G. RICHARD, III | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. | BPL | 118230102 | Annual | 07-Jun-2017 | Management | Elect Director CLARK C. SMITH | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. | BPL | 118230103 | Annual | 07-Jun-2018 | Management | Elect Director FRANK S. SOWINSKI | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. | BPL | 118230104 | Annual | 07-Jun-2019 | Management | THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR 2016. | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | WMB | 969457100 | Special | 27-Jun-2016 | Management | TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (THE “MERGER AGREEMENT”) AMONG ENERGY TRANSFER EQUITY, L.P., ENERGY TRANSFER CORP LP (“ETC”), ENERGY TRANSFER CORP GP, LLC, LE GP, LLC, ENERGY TRANSFER EQUITY GP, LLC AND THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. (“WMB”), AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, INCLUDING THE MERGER OF WMB WITH AND INTO ETC. | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | WMB | 969457101 | Special | 27-Jun-2017 | Management | TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) BASIS, SPECIFIED COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN WMB AND ITS NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE MERGER AGREEMENT. | For | For | |||||||||
| Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | WMB | 969457102 | Special | 27-Jun-2018 | Management | TO APPROVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME, IF NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER PROPOSAL. | For | For |
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.
Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund
| By | /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman | |
| Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer | ||
| Date | ||
August 29, 2016