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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
 

811-22072
Investment Company Act file number


The Cushing MLP Total Return Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


8117 Preston Road, Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75225
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


The Cushing MLP Total Return Fund
8117 Preston Road, Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75225
(Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 214-692-6634


Date of fiscal year end: November 30


Date of reporting period: June 30, 2012


 
 
 

Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.

Name of Fund:
  
Cushing MLP Total Return Fund
  
Period:
  
July 2011 through June 2012
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Atlas Energy LP
4/26/2012
04930A-104
ATLS
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. Dennis A. Holtz
  
For
  
2. William G. Karis
  
For
  
3. Harvey G. Magarick
  
       
 
For
    
Abstain
  
Ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the partnership's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2012
  
 
For
    
For
  
Approval of the compensation of our executive officers including our compensation practices and principles and their implementation
  
       
 
1 Year
    
3 Years
  
Frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation.
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
BreitBurn Energy Partners LP
6/21/2012
106776-107
BBEP
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. John R. Butler
  
For
  
2. Gregory J. Moroney
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Buckeye Partners L.P.
6/5/2012
18230-101
BPL
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Director
Issuer
For
  
1. Pieter Bakker
  
For
  
2. C.Scott Hobbs
  
For
  
3. Mark C. McKinley
  
       
 
For
    
For   
The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Buckeye Partners, LP's independent registered public accountants for 2012
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Copano Energy, L.L.C.
5/17/2012
217202-100
CPNO
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. James G. Crump
  
For
  
2. Ernie L. Danner
  
For
  
3. Scott A. Griffiths
  
For
  
4. Michael L. Johnson
  
For
  
5. Michael G. Macdougall
  
For
  
6. R. Bruce Northcutt
  
For
  
7. T. William Porter
  
For
  
8. William L. Thacker
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
El Paso Corp.
3/6/2012
28336L-109
EP
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
  
Issuer
For
  
Agreement and Plan of Merger by El Paso Corporation (El Paso), Sirius Holdings Merger Corporation, Kinder Morgan, Inc., Sherpa Merger Sub, Inc. and Sherpa Acquisition, LLC (Merger Agreement) and Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among El Paso, Sirius Holdings Merger Corporation & Siruis Merger Corporation (First Merger Agreement)
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
To approve any adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and the first merger agreement
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
To approve on an advisory  (non-binding) basis the compensation that may be paid or become payable to El Paso's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to proposed transactions.
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
5/9/2012
49456B-101
KMR
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. Richard D. Kinder
  
For
  
2. C. Park Shaper
  
For
  
3. Steven J. Kean
  
For
  
4. Henry Cornell
  
For
  
5. Deborah A. MacDonald
  
For
  
6. Michael Miller
  
For
  
7. Michael C. Morgan
  
For
  
8. Kenneth A. Pontarelli
  
For
  
9. Fayez Sarofim
  
For
  
10. Joel V. Staff
  
For
  
11. John Stokes
  
For
  
12. R. Baran Tekkora
  
For
  
13. Glenn A. Yougkin
  
 
 
    
 
For
    
For
  
The ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers.
  
       
 
3 Years
    
3 Years
  
The frequency with which we will hold an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers.
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Legacy Reserves, LP
5/9/2012
524707-304
LGCY
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. Cary D. Brown
  
For
  
2. Kyle A. McGraw
  
For
  
3. Dale A. Brown
  
For
  
4. G. Larry Lawrence
  
For
  
5. William D. Sullivan
  
For
  
6. William R. Granberry
  
For
  
7. Kyle D. Vann
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Linn Energy, LLC
4/24/2012
536020-100
LINE
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. George A. Alcorn
  
For
  
2. Mark E. Ellis
  
For
  
3. Terrence S. Jacobs
  
For
  
4. Michael C. Linn
  
For
  
5. Joseph P. McCoy
  
For
  
6. Jeffrey C. Swoveland
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Magellan Midstream Partners, LP
4/24/2012
559080-106
MMP
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. Robert G. Croyle
  
For
  
2. Barry R. Pearl
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of appointment of independent auditor.
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Markwest Energy Partners, LP
6/1/2012
570759-100
MWE
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. Frank M. Semple
  
For
  
2. Donald D. Wolf
  
For
  
3. Keith E. Bailey
  
For
  
4. Michael L. Beatty
  
For
  
5. Charles K. Dempster
  
For
  
6. Donald C. Heppermann
  
For
  
7. Randall J. Larson
  
For
  
8. Anne E. Fox Mounsey
  
For
  
9. William P. Nicoletti
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
To approve an amendment to the partnership's 2008 long-term incentive plan to increase the number of common units available for issurance under the plan from 2.5 million to 3.7 million.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the partnerships independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Navios Maritime Partners, LP
11/22/2011
Y62667-102
NMM
       
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Director
Issuer
For
  
1. Serafeim Kriempardis
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Proposal to ratify the appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers as the company's independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Oneok, Inc.
5/23/2012
682680-103
OKE
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. James C. Day
  
For
  
2. Julie H. Edwards
  
For
  
3. William L. Ford
  
For
  
4. John W. Gibson
  
For
  
5. Bert H. Mackie
  
For
  
6. Steven J. Malcolm
  
For
  
7. Jim W. Mogg
  
For
  
8. Pattye L. Moore
  
For
  
9.  Gary D. Parker
  
For
  
10. Eduardo A. Rodriguez
  
For
  
11. Gerald B. Smith
  
For
  
12. David J. Tippeconnic
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Oneok, Inc. for the year ending December 31, 2012
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
A proposal to approve additional shares for issuance under the Oneok, Inc. employee stock award program.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
A proposal to amend and restate the Oneok, Inc. employee stock purchase plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
A proposal to amend the Oneok, Inc. certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
Advisory vote to approve the company's executive compensation
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Regency Energy Partners LP
12/16/2011
75885Y-107
RGNC
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
  
Issuer
For
  
Approval of the terms of the Regency Energy Partners LP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which provides for awards of options, all as more fully described in the proxy statement
  
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Targa Resources, LP
5/25/2012
87612G-101
TRGP
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. In Seon Hwang
  
For
  
2. Joe Bob Perkins
  
For
  
3. Ershel C. Redd, Jr.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
To ratify the selection of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accountants for 2012
  
 
 
 
 
 
       
Company Name
Meeting
Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Vanguard Natural Resources LLC
6/15/2012
92205F-106
VNR
       
Vote
MRV
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer
or Security Holder
 
For
Directors
Issuer
For
  
1. W. Richard Anderson
  
For
  
2. Loren Singletary
  
For
  
3. Bruce W. McCullough
  
For
  
4. John R. McGoldrick
  
For
  
5. Scott W. Smith
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.
  
       
 
For
    
For
  
To approve the amendment to Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan.
  

 
 
 
 
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.


(Registrant) The Cushing MLP Total Return Fund                                                


By (Signature and Title) /s/ Jerry V. Swank                                                             
Jerry V. Swank
Chief Executive Officer and President


Date August 24, 2012